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- Dictionaryblack·ball/ˈblakˌbôl/
verb
- 1. reject (someone, usually a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot: "her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the Country Club"
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Learn the meaning of blackball as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Blackball can mean to vote against, exclude, or ostracize someone, or a small black ball used for negative voting.
When you blackball someone, you ban him from a group. A bunch of kids who kick a tattletale out of their secret club essentially blackball him. You can use blackball as a noun or a verb — a blackball is an act of excluding or ostracizing someone.
Blackball most commonly means to blacklist someone or otherwise ban, reject, or unfairly prevent them from joining an organization or participating in something. The act of doing so can also be called a blackball.
Blackball means to vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and the Hansard archive.
Blackball is a noun or verb that means a negative vote or veto, or to exclude someone from a group or activity. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of blackball from various dictionaries and sources.
Blackball means to vote against or exclude someone from a group or organization. It can also refer to a black ball used in a vote or a sweet in New Zealand. Learn more about its origin, usage and synonyms.
Blackball means to vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see translations and examples, and hear the pronunciation.
