blackball
blackball is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
- 2.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. He was blackballed at two clubs in succession. Thackeray.
- 3.To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- apart
- aside
- banish
- bar
- bating
- cofferdam
- disjoin
- eliminate
- elimination
- except
- exception
- exclude
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exile
- expulsion
- from
- garble
- inadmissible
- included
- lay
- leave
- neglect
- nonadmission
- not
- off
- omission
- omit
- out
- over
- overboard
- pass
- preclusion
- prohibition
- put
- reject
- rejection
- relegate
- repudiate
- repudiation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is blackball.
- What is a ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words called?
- What is 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. He was blackballed at two clubs in succession. Thackeray called?
- What is to blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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