ALL meanings of blackball
black·ball
B b - verb blackball If the members of a club blackball someone, they vote against that person being allowed to join their club. 3
- noun blackball a negative vote or veto 3
- noun blackball a black wooden ball used to indicate disapproval or to veto in a vote 3
- noun blackball a hard boiled sweet with black-and-white stripes 3
- verb blackball to vote against in a ballot 3
- verb blackball to exclude (someone) from a group, profession, etc; ostracize 3
- noun blackball a small black ball used as a vote against a person or thing 3
- noun blackball a secret ballot or vote against a person or thing 3
- verb transitive blackball to vote against; esp., to vote against letting (a person) join one's organization 3
- verb transitive blackball to exclude from social life, etc.; ostracize 3
- transitive verb blackball vote to exclude 1
- verb with object blackball to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.). 1
- verb with object blackball to exclude socially; ostracize: The whole town blackballed them. 1
- verb with object blackball to reject (a candidate) by placing a blackball in the ballot box. 1
- noun blackball a negative vote, especially in deciding on an applicant or candidate. 1
- noun blackball a black ball placed in a ballot box signifying a negative vote. 1
- noun blackball A rejection, a vote against admitting someone. 0
- noun blackball A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote. 0
- noun blackball the act of so rejecting someone. 0
- noun blackball A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball. 0
- noun blackball A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work. 0
- verb blackball (Transitive Verb) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization. 0
- verb blackball (Transitive Verb) To ostracize. 0