2. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Blackball — Blackball, black ball or black ball can mean several things:ociety and culture* Blackballing, ostracizing someone socially, e.g. prevention of finding local or field specific employment, blacklisting from a club or other organization, etc. The… … Wikipedia
Blackball — Partie Blackball ist eine Disziplin des Poolbillards, bei der mit fünfzehn Objektbällen (die Farbigen) und einem Spielball (die Weiße) auf einem Poolbillardtisch gespielt wird. Von den 15 farbigen Kugeln sind sieben gelb, sieben rot und eine… … Deutsch Wikipedia
blackball — ⇒BLACKBALL, BLAC(K)BOUL(E), (BLACBOUL, BLACBOULE, BLACKBOUL, BLACKBOULE), subst. masc. Arg. marins. ,,Marin irrégulier, coutumier des coups de tête (ESN. 1966). Faire son service à la blacbôl (ESN. 1966) ... deux forbans, deux blackboules,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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. [1913 Webster] He was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blackball — index condemn (ban), denounce (condemn), exclusion, humiliate, ostracism, picket, reject … Law dictionary
blackball — (v.) also black ball, to exclude from a club by adverse votes, 1770, from BLACK (Cf. black) (adj.) + BALL (Cf. ball) (n.1). Black balls of wood or ivory dropped into an urn during secret ballots … Etymology dictionary
blackball — vb debar, shut out, *exclude, eliminate, rule out, disbar, suspend Contrasted words: admit, accept, *receive … New Dictionary of Synonyms
blackball — If you vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organisation or group, you are blackballing him or her … The small dictionary of idiomes
blackball — [v] expel from group ban, blacklist, debar, exclude, ostracize, oust, reject, repudiate, snub, veto; concepts 25,384 … New thesaurus
blackball — ► VERB ▪ reject or vote against (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club). ORIGIN from the practice of registering an adverse vote by placing a black ball in a ballot box … English terms dictionary
