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Found 3 items, similar to Blackball.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: blackball
membukuhitamkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: blackball
blackball
n : the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
[syn:
barring]
v 1: expel from a community or group [syn:
banish,
ban,
ostracize,
ostracise,
shun,
cast out]
2: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;
“The
President vetoed the bill” [syn:
veto,
negative]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Blackball
Blackball
\Black"ball`\, n.
1. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one
for taking impressions of engraved work.
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2. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in
voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
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Blackball
\Black"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Blackballed; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Blackballing.]
1. 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.
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He was blackballed at two clubs in succession.
--Thackeray.
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2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
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