Overview of noun blackball

The noun blackball has 1 sense

• barring, blackball -- (the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto)

Overview of verb blackball

The verb blackball has 2 senses

• banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball -- (expel from a community or group)


• veto, blackball, negative -- (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill")