Definisjon av blackball

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Noun

blackball - the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
barring
ejection, riddance, expulsion, exclusion the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

Verb

blackball - expel from a community or group
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out
kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
blackball - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
veto, negative
controvert, contradict, oppose deny the truth of
vote out, defeat, vote down, shoot down, kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
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Substantiv

blackball - A rejection, a vote against admitting someone.
blackball - A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
blackball - The act of so rejecting someone.
blackball - A kind of large black sweet; niggerball.
blackball - A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.

Verb

blackball - To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
blackball - To ostracize.

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