English-Thai Dictionary

blackball

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BLACKBALL

BLACKBALL Black "ball `, n.

 

1. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc. ; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

 

2. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.

 

BLACKBALL

Black "ball `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackballed (; p. pr. & vb. n.Blackballing.]

 

1. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize. He was blackballed at two clubs in succession. Thackeray.

 

2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc. ) with blacking.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

blackball

black ball |ˈblakˌbôl ˈblækˌbɔl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] reject (someone, usually a candidate applying to become a member of a private club ), typically by means of a secret ballot: her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the country club. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from the practice of registering an adverse vote by placing a black ball in a ballot box.

 

Oxford Dictionary

blackball

black |ball |ˈblakbɔːl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club ), typically by means of a secret ballot. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from the practice of registering an adverse vote by placing a black ball in a ballot box.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

blackball

blackball verb Zabel could not support the group's intention to blackball Curtis: reject, debar, bar, ban, vote against, blacklist, exclude, shut out; ostracize, expel. ANTONYMS admit.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

blackball

blackball verb her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the Country Club: reject, debar, bar, ban, vote against, blacklist, exclude, shut out, leave out in the cold; expel, drum out, oust, cashier, ostracize, repudiate; boycott, snub, shun, spurn, cold-shoulder, give the cold shoulder to; N. Amer. disfellowship. ANTONYMS admit.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

blackball

bl á ck b à ll 動詞 他動詞 〈入会候補者など 〉に反対投票する ; 【社会から 】〈人 〉を追放する «from » 〘昔, 反対は黒球で投票したことから 〙.名詞 C 反対投票 .