noun
1. (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy
• Derivationally related forms: ↑interpellate
• Topics: ↑parliament
• Hypernyms: ↑order, ↑rules of order, ↑parliamentary law, ↑parliamentary procedure
2. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
• Syn: ↑interjection, ↑interposition, ↑interpolation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑interpolate (for: ↑interpolation), ↑interpose (for: ↑interposition), ↑interject (for: ↑interjection)
• Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑interruption, ↑disruption, ↑gap
Useful english dictionary. 2012.