A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.

(intransitive or transitive with with) To meet and participate in a caucus. / (transitive) To bring into or treat in a caucus.

(US, idiomatic) The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus.

(originally Britain, idiomatic) A laborious but arbitrary and futile activity; an activity that amounts to running around in a circle, expending great energy but not accomplishing anything.

plural of caucus race

plural of caucus-goer

Alternative form of caucusgoer

(now chiefly North Dakota) Synonym of firehouse primary

simple past tense and past participle of caucus

present participle of caucus