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blackballs

blackballs is the plural of blackball.

blackballs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blackball.

Meaning of blackball

Noun

blackball (countable and uncountable, plural blackballs)

  1. (countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
  2. (countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
    • Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.
  3. (countable) A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
    Synonyms:
    niggerball
  4. A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
  5. (uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.

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Questions about blackballs

What is blackballs the plural of?
Blackballs is the plural of blackball.

Words near blackballs in the dictionary

  1. blackballed
  2. blackballer
  3. blackballers
  4. blackballing
  5. blackballings
  6. blackballs
  7. blackband
  8. blackband ironstone
  9. blackband ironstones
  10. blackbands
  11. blackbar triggerfish

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