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Other forms: blackballed; blackballing; blackballs. 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.
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.
Definition of blackball. as in to dismiss. to reject by or as if by a vote he was disappointed to learn that he had been blackballed by the fraternity. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. dismiss. kill. refuse. veto.
BLACKBALL meaning: to prevent (someone) from joining a group, club, etc., by voting against him or her often used as (be) blackballed.
verb [ T ] uk / ˈblæk.bɔːl / us / ˈblæk.bɑːl / 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. affiliation. anti-assimilation.
verb. /ˈblækbɔːl/ Verb Forms. blackball somebody to prevent somebody from joining a club or a group by voting against them. He was blackballed when he tried to join the Country Club. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
verb (used with object) to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.). to exclude socially; ostracize: The whole town blackballed them. to reject (a candidate) by placing a blackball in the ballot box. See more. noun. a negative vote, especially in deciding on an applicant or candidate.
