Synonymer

Uttal

    • IPA: /ˈblækbɔːl/

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A rejection, a vote against admitting someone.
  2. A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
  3. the act of so rejecting someone.
  4. A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
  5. A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.

Verb

  1. (transitive) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
  2. (transitive) To ostracize.

Exempel

  • Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.
  • If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.
  • Why, if I had known you all my life I should have grown up in the condition of Adam before the fall, and they would have blackballed me at the clubs.

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipblackballed
Imperfektblackballed
Presensparticipblackballing
Pluralblackballs
Tredje person singular indicativ presensblackballs

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