blackball
noun · verbB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
- 2.
(countable)A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.
- 3.
(countable)A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
Đồng nghĩa: niggerball
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
- 5.
(uncountable)A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
Đồng nghĩa: reds and yellows
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.
- 2.
(transitive)To ostracize.
Đồng nghĩa: blacklist, send to Coventry, brush off, discount, disregard, dissemble, despise, ignore, misheed, misregard, neglect, pass, pass by, pay no heed, put aside, set at nought, shrug off, slough, take no notice of, tune out, unheed, unmind, black, blackball, blacklist, boycott, cancel
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From black + ball.