BLACKBALL
Dictionary entry overview: What does blackball mean?
• BLACKBALL (noun)
The noun BLACKBALL has 1 sense:
1. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
Familiarity information: BLACKBALL used as a noun is very rare.
• BLACKBALL (verb)
The verb BLACKBALL has 2 senses:
1. expel from a community or group
2. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
Familiarity information: BLACKBALL used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLACKBALL (noun)
Meaning:
The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
barring; blackball
Hypernyms ("blackball" is a kind of...):
ejection; exclusion; expulsion; riddance (the act of forcing out someone or something)
• BLACKBALL (verb)
Meaning:
Expel from a community or group
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
ostracize; ostracise; cast out; blackball; banish; shun; ban
Hypernyms (to "blackball" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
negative; veto; blackball
Context example:
The President vetoed the bill
Hypernyms (to "blackball" is one way to...):
contradict; controvert; oppose (be resistant to)
"Blackball" entails doing...:
vote (express a choice or opinion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blackball"):
defeat; kill; shoot down; vote down; vote out (thwart the passage of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
