Definitions for blackball
ˈblækˌbɔlblack·ball

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. barring, blackballverb

   the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

2. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackballverb

   expel from a community or group

3. veto, blackball, negativeverb

   vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

   "The President vetoed the bill"

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1. blackballnoun

   a rejection, a vote against admitting someone

2. blackballnoun

   a black ball used to indicate such a negative vote

   Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.

3. blackballnoun

   the act of so rejecting someone

4. blackballverb

   to vote against, especially in an exclusive organization

   If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.

5. blackballverb

   to ostracize

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1. blackball

   Blackball refers to the act of rejecting, excluding, or voting against someone, typically a prospective member, from a particular social group or organization. It often happens through a collective voting process, where a black ball or token is used to represent disapproval or dissent. The term can also be used more broadly to refer to any form of social rejection or ostracism.

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1. Blackballnoun

   a composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work

2. Blackballnoun

   a ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words

3. Blackballverb

   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

4. Blackballverb

   to blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking

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1. Blackball

   Blackball is a pool game that is popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, several Western European nations, Australia and some other countries. In the UK and Ireland it is usually called simply "pool". The game is played with sixteen balls on a small pool table with six pockets. Blackball is an internationally standardised variation of the popular bar and club game eight-ball pool, closely related to the originally American and now professionally internationalised game eight-ball. The two main sets of playing rules are those of the World Pool-Billiard Association and its affiliate the European Blackball Association, known as "blackball rules", and the older code of the World Eightball Pool Federation, often referred to as "world rules".

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How to pronounce blackball?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

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   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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How to say blackball in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blackball in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blackball in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of blackball in a Sentence

1. Rhonda Shear:

   How, if I was a serious actress, I would have never taken a commercial … I was nervous, but I told him I had permission from everyone. He said, ‘ Well, you did n’t get it from me. ’ He then walked out and left me with my costume in hand … They did n’t blackball me, but I never heard from ‘ Happy Days ’ again.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blackball
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Blackball
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blackball
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=blackball
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=blackball