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BLACKBALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
Synonyms:
barring; blackball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("blackball" is a kind of...):
ejection; exclusion; expulsion; riddance (the act of forcing out someone or something)
Derivation:
blackball (expel from a community or group)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they blackball ... he / she / it blackballs
Past simple: blackballed
Past participle: blackballed
-ing form: blackballing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
Example:
The President vetoed the bill
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "blackball" is one way to...):
contradict; controvert; oppose (be resistant to)
"Blackball" entails doing...:
vote (express a choice or opinion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blackball"):
defeat; kill; shoot down; vote down; vote out (thwart the passage of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Expel from a community or group
Synonyms:
ban; banish; blackball; cast out; ostracise; ostracize; shun
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "blackball" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
blackball (the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto)
