Definizione monolingua

blackball

blackball (third-person singular simple present blackballs, present participle blackballing, simple past and past participle blackballed)

1. (transitive) to vote against, especially in an exclusive organization

   If youre not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.

2. (transitive) to ostracize

blackball (plural blackballs)

1. a rejection, a vote against admitting someone
2. a black ball used to indicate such a negative vote

   Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.

3. the act of so rejecting someone

Definizione dizionario blackball

Altri significati:

a rejection, a vote against admitting someone

the act of so rejecting someone

a black ball used to indicate such a negative vote

(transitive) to ostracize

(transitive) to vote against, especially in an exclusive organization