lobby, buttonhole
(verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lobbied
simple past tense and past participle of lobby
• bilobed
Source: Wiktionary
Lob"by, n.; pl. Lobbies. Etym: [LL. lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG.louba, G. laube, arbor. See Lodge.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.
2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency. [U.S.]
3. (Naut.)
Definition: An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
4. (Agric.)
Definition: A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. Lobby member, a lobbyist. [Humorous cant, U. S.]
Lob"by, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lobbied; p. pr. & vb. n. Lobbying.]
Definition: To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.[U.S.] Bartlett.
Lob"by, v. t.
Definition: To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
