black·ball (blăk′bôl′) n. 1. A negative vote, especially one that blocks the admission of an applicant to an organization.
2. A small black ball used as a negative ballot.
tr.v. black·balled ,
black·ball·ing ,
black·balls 1. To vote against, especially to veto the admission of.
2. To shut out from social or commercial participation; ostracize or boycott.
black′ball′er n.
blackball (ˈblækˌbɔːl ) n 1. a negative vote or veto
2. a black wooden ball used to indicate disapproval or to veto in a vote
3. (Cookery) NZ a hard boiled sweet with black-and-white stripes
vb (
tr )
4. to vote against in a ballot
5. to exclude (someone) from a group, profession, etc; ostracize
[C18: see sense 2]
black•ball (ˈblækˌbɔl) v.t. 1. to vote against.
2. to exclude socially; ostracize.
n. 3. a negative vote.
4. (formerly) a black ball placed in a ballot box signifying a negative vote.
[1760–70]
black′ball`er, n.
blackball Past participle: blackballedGerund: blackballingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative blackball blackball
Present I blackball you blackball he/she/it blackballs we blackball you blackball they blackball
Preterite I blackballed you blackballed he/she/it blackballed we blackballed you blackballed they blackballed
Present Continuous I am blackballing you are blackballing he/she/it is blackballing we are blackballing you are blackballing they are blackballing
Present Perfect I have blackballed you have blackballed he/she/it has blackballed we have blackballed you have blackballed they have blackballed
Past Continuous I was blackballing you were blackballing he/she/it was blackballing we were blackballing you were blackballing they were blackballing
Past Perfect I had blackballed you had blackballed he/she/it had blackballed we had blackballed you had blackballed they had blackballed
Future I will blackball you will blackball he/she/it will blackball we will blackball you will blackball they will blackball
Future Perfect I will have blackballed you will have blackballed he/she/it will have blackballed we will have blackballed you will have blackballed they will have blackballed
Future Continuous I will be blackballing you will be blackballing he/she/it will be blackballing we will be blackballing you will be blackballing they will be blackballing
Present Perfect Continuous I have been blackballing you have been blackballing he/she/it has been blackballing we have been blackballing you have been blackballing they have been blackballing
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been blackballing you will have been blackballing he/she/it will have been blackballing we will have been blackballing you will have been blackballing they will have been blackballing
Past Perfect Continuous I had been blackballing you had been blackballing he/she/it had been blackballing we had been blackballing you had been blackballing they had been blackballing
Conditional I would blackball you would blackball he/she/it would blackball we would blackball you would blackball they would blackball
Past Conditional I would have blackballed you would have blackballed he/she/it would have blackballed we would have blackballed you would have blackballed they would have blackballed
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Noun 1. blackball - the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or vetoexpulsion ,
riddance ,
ejection ,
exclusion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
Verb 1. blackball - expel from a community or group 2. blackball - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
blackball verb remove , bar , ban , exclude , get rid of , veto , embargo , expel , throw out , oust , snub , vote against , force out , evict , disallow , shut out , repudiate , blacklist , ostracize , debar , drum out Members can blackball candidates in secret ballots. blackball verb 1. To prevent or forbid authoritatively:
Idiom: turn thumbs down on.
2. To exclude from normal social or professional activities: