From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006): blackball n 1: the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto [syn: barring, blackball] v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] 2: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball, negative]
blackball n 1: the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto [syn: barring, blackball] v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] 2: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball, negative]
