what does blackball mean?
BLACKBALL as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
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Hypernyms(s) blackball is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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BLACKBALL as VERB
- Meaning
- vote against
- refuse to endorse
- refuse to assent
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Usage Example(s)
- The President vetoed the bill
Hypernyms(s) blackball is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Entail(s)
- Meaning
- expel from a community or group
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Hypernyms(s) blackball is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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