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noun. 1. : a small black ball for use as a negative vote in a ballot box. 2. : an adverse vote especially against admitting someone to membership in an organization. Synonyms. Verb. down. kill.
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 definition: 1. to vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group: 2. to vote against…. Learn more.
to vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group: He was initially blackballed because of a dispute he once had with a couple of the committee members. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Organizations - joining & leaving. addition. anti-assimilation.
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.
Blackballing is a rejection in a traditional form of secret ballot, where a white ball or ballot constitutes a vote in support and a black ball signifies opposition. The system is typically used where an organization's rules provide that one or two objections, rather than an at-least-50% share of votes, are sufficient to defeat a proposition.
Blackball (also known as National Lampoon's Blackball) is a 2003 British sports comedy film, based on the game of lawn bowls. The screenplay was written by Tim Firth, and the film was directed by Mel Smith.
