n.
1.the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
2.the speech act of objecting
3.the act of protesting
4.(law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
Idiom of the Day
tie up (traffic)
to slow down traffic, to cause road traffic to stop
The accident tied up traffic for two hours last night.