blackball
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
- A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
- 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.
Verb
- To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
- To ostracize.
Proper noun
- A small town in Grey district, West Coast, New Zealand, with a history of gold and coal mining.
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