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blackball
Found in thesaurus: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance, throw out, expel, kick out, oppose, contradict, controvert
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blackball
v.
vote against a new applicant for membership (in a club or organization)
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Blackball
Blackball, black-ball, black ball or blackballing may refer to:
- Blackballing, ostracizing someone socially
- Blackball, New Zealand, a small town located on the western coast of the South Island of New Zealand
- Blackball Branch a branch railway line to Blackball, New Zealand
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blackball
Noun
1. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
(synonym) barring
(hypernym) ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
(derivation) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out
Verb
1. expel from a community or group
(synonym) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out
(hypernym) expel, throw out, kick out
(derivation) barring
2. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
(synonym) veto, negative
(hypernym) oppose, controvert, contradict
(hyponym) kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
(entail) vote
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Blackball
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
(n.)
A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.
A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.
(n.)
A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
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blackball
n.
1.جوتے يا بوٹ کي سياہي
2.کالي گولي يا نٹنے کا چن ,نا منظوري کي علام
blackball
v. a.
کالي گولي صندوقچے ميں ڈالنا , نا منظور کرنا , خلاف رائے دينا , نا رضامندي ظاہر کرن
1.جوتے يا بوٹ کي سياہي
2.کالي گولي يا نٹنے کا چن ,نا منظوري کي علام
blackball
v. a.
کالي گولي صندوقچے ميں ڈالنا , نا منظور کرنا , خلاف رائے دينا , نا رضامندي ظاہر کرن
