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black-book

black-book verb: to censure (someone); to enter someone's name in a black book; to blacklist someone.

Verb

black-book (third-person singular simple present black-books, present participle black-booking, simple past and past participle black-booked)

  1. (informal, transitive) To censure (someone); to enter someone's name in a black book; to blacklist someone.
    • "Let me have a look at it," said the headmaster. "I see Mr. Gordon has black-booked you for 'gross impertinence.' What was it?"1915, William Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

Forms of black-book

third-person singular presentblack-books
present participleblack-booking
past participleblack-booked
pastblack-booked

Questions about black-book

What does black-book mean?
Black-book means to censure (someone); to enter someone's name in a black book; to blacklist someone.
What part of speech is black-book?
Black-book is a verb.
What is the past tense of black-book?
The past tense of black-book is black-booked.

Words near black-book in the dictionary

  1. black-billed cuckoo
  2. black-billed flycatcher
  3. black-billed flycatchers
  4. black-billed magpie
  5. black-billed magpies
  6. black-book
  7. black-booked
  8. black-booking
  9. black-books
  10. black-bottom
  11. black-bottom pie

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