Idioms run interference, to deal with troublesome or time-consuming matters, as for a colleague or supervisor, esp.Psychologythe forgetting of information or an event due to inability to reconcile it with conflicting information obtained subsequently.Linguistics, Psychologythe distorting or inhibiting effect of previously learned behavior on subsequent learning.

deviation from the norm of either language in such a situation.(in bilingualism and foreign-language learning) the overlapping of two languages.Aeronauticsthe situation that arises when the aerodynamic influence of one surface of an aircraft conflicts with the influence of another surface.

the act of illegally hindering an opponent from catching a forward pass or a kick.

such a teammate or such teammates collectively: to follow one's interference.

the act of a teammate or of teammates running ahead of a ball-carrier and blocking prospective tacklers out of the way: to run interference for the halfback.

Radio and Televisionthe signals or device producing the incoherence.

Radio and Televisiona jumbling of radio signals, caused by the reception of undesired ones.

Physicsthe process in which two or more light, sound, or electromagnetic waves of the same frequency combine to reinforce or cancel each other, the amplitude of the resulting wave being equal to the sum of the amplitudes of the combining waves.

an act, fact, or instance of interfering.ence (in′tər fēr ′əns), USA pronunciation n.

Another word for running interference