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Definition of blackball in English: blackballverb ˈblakbɔːlˈblækˌbɔl [with object]Reject (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 Example sentencesExamples - The member of the Board of Directors who blackballed the candidate has finally been convinced to remove his objection.
- Oh, how right the EU Parliament was to blackball him from the EU Commission!
- Look how the channel has blackballed artists who dared to speak in opposition to the war, while also organizing pro-war rallies across the country.
- He was almost blackballed from the Alpine Club and on one occasion even assaulted.
- Back then, while everyone knew Leo had been blackballed, it was hushed up.
- Failure to reply with a swift ‘Yes’, even a slight hesitation, was enough to blackball the hopeful candidate.
- Another was blackballed because the women felt he established more eye contact with the male than the female interviewers.
- After all, the intellectual loner who sneers at the affairs of lesser men hardly tallies with the man whose membership application for the club was recently blackballed by four members.
- In theory at least, any one of its 148 members could blackball an agreement.
- I would almost certainly lose my job, and be blackballed from the PR industry, so if I relied on my income to fulfil my duties to my family, I would be choosing to risk their welfare by speaking out.
- The report was questionable, he said, given the fact that other ministers who were also running for the presidency were not being blackballed.
- When it came to the inquiry, all the people who had flocked to advise him blackballed him.
- Do so and you'll be blackballed, is the message.
- The result was I was blackballed from finding other work in southern CA.
- They were such snobs; they blackballed anyone they didn't like.
- You have a situation whereby a member from a home state can essentially blackball a nominee, and the nominee never knows what hit them.
- I was blackballed and blacklisted, vilified and scarified and was reduced to having to go incognito to the pub to enjoy a pint or three.
- This should have had a negative impact on his career, actors have been blackballed for a single such act, never mind a seemingly endless succession of them.
- The embarrassment to baseball was so great that soon enough, after Dad sold the club, I was essentially blackballed from Major League Baseball.
- They blackballed all DVD proposals that didn't include robust security measures, and threatened to do anything in their power to kill formats that didn't adequately protect content.
Synonyms 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 North American disfellowship
Origin Late 18th century: from the practice of registering an adverse vote by placing a black ball in a ballot box. Definition of blackball in US English: blackballverbˈblakˌbôlˈblækˌbɔl [with object]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 Example sentencesExamples - I would almost certainly lose my job, and be blackballed from the PR industry, so if I relied on my income to fulfil my duties to my family, I would be choosing to risk their welfare by speaking out.
- They were such snobs; they blackballed anyone they didn't like.
- When it came to the inquiry, all the people who had flocked to advise him blackballed him.
- You have a situation whereby a member from a home state can essentially blackball a nominee, and the nominee never knows what hit them.
- The result was I was blackballed from finding other work in southern CA.
- Another was blackballed because the women felt he established more eye contact with the male than the female interviewers.
- The member of the Board of Directors who blackballed the candidate has finally been convinced to remove his objection.
- In theory at least, any one of its 148 members could blackball an agreement.
- Back then, while everyone knew Leo had been blackballed, it was hushed up.
- The embarrassment to baseball was so great that soon enough, after Dad sold the club, I was essentially blackballed from Major League Baseball.
- Oh, how right the EU Parliament was to blackball him from the EU Commission!
- They blackballed all DVD proposals that didn't include robust security measures, and threatened to do anything in their power to kill formats that didn't adequately protect content.
- After all, the intellectual loner who sneers at the affairs of lesser men hardly tallies with the man whose membership application for the club was recently blackballed by four members.
- The report was questionable, he said, given the fact that other ministers who were also running for the presidency were not being blackballed.
- Do so and you'll be blackballed, is the message.
- This should have had a negative impact on his career, actors have been blackballed for a single such act, never mind a seemingly endless succession of them.
- Failure to reply with a swift ‘Yes’, even a slight hesitation, was enough to blackball the hopeful candidate.
- I was blackballed and blacklisted, vilified and scarified and was reduced to having to go incognito to the pub to enjoy a pint or three.
- He was almost blackballed from the Alpine Club and on one occasion even assaulted.
- Look how the channel has blackballed artists who dared to speak in opposition to the war, while also organizing pro-war rallies across the country.
Synonyms reject, debar, bar, ban, vote against, blacklist, exclude, shut out, leave out in the cold
Origin Late 18th century: from the practice of registering an adverse vote by placing a black ball in a ballot box. |