blackball
noun
1. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
Similar word(s): barring
Definition categories: act, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
Sentences with blackball as a noun:
- Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.
verb
1. expel from a community or group
Similar word(s): ban, banish, ostracise, ostracize, shun
Definition categories: social, expel
2. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
Similar word(s): negative, veto
Definition categories: social, contradict, controvert, oppose
Sentences with blackball as a verb:
- If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.