Blackball

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A negative vote, especially one that blocks the admission of an applicant to an organization.
  • n. A small black ball used as a negative ballot.
  • v. To vote against, especially to veto the admission of.
  • v. To shut out from social or commercial participation; ostracize or boycott.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a rejection, a vote against admitting someone
  • n. a black ball used to indicate such a negative vote
  • n. the act of so rejecting someone
  • n. A kind of large black sweet; niggerball
  • v. to vote against, especially in an exclusive organization
  • v. to ostracize
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.
  • n. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
  • v. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize.
  • v. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A blacking composition used by shoemakers, etc. Also called heel-ball.
  • n. A name applied to both the smut and the bunt of wheat.
  • n. An adverse vote. See blackball, v. t.
  • To reject (as a candidate for election to membership or office in any club, society, etc.) by placing black balls in the ballot-box; exclude or defeat by adverse vote; also, simply to vote against. See ballot, n., 3.
  • n. Same as black ash.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
  • v. expel from a community or group
  • v. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
    • Verb Form
    blackballed    blackballing    blackballs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    exclusion    expulsion    ejection    riddance    expel    kick out    throw out   
    Form
    blackballed    blackballing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ostracize    pill    pipe   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    trackball   
     
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