blackball.
A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
Meaning & usage
A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
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.
A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
Where this word comes from
From black + ball.
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.
To ostracize.
Where this word comes from
From black + ball.
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