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jarruttaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brake noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  • filibuster noun A tactic used in a legislature — typically extended, often irrelevant speeches — to stall a vote or block a decision.

Senses

jarruttaa is used for these senses in English:

  • brake (intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.
  • brake (intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
  • filibuster (originally, and, mainly, US politics, intransitive, transitive) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

brake — full definition

  1. noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  2. verb To slow down or stop a vehicle by using its brakes.

filibuster — full definition

  1. noun A tactic used in a legislature — typically extended, often irrelevant speeches — to stall a vote or block a decision.
  2. verb To use such delaying tactics in a legislative body.

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