blackball(n = noun.act) barring - the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto;
is a kind of ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
Derived form verb blackball1
1. blackball(v = verb.social) ban, banish, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun - expel from a community or group;
is one way to expel, kick out, throw out
Derived form noun blackball1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
2. blackball(v = verb.social) negative, veto - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
is one way to contradict, controvert, oppose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work. [1913 Webster]
2. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"He was blackballed at two clubs in succession." [1913 Webster]
2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking. [1913 Webster]
blackball, v.tr. reject (a candidate) in a ballot (orig. by voting with a black ball).
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