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blackball meaning in Malayalam

തള്ളുക

UK/ˈblækbɔːl//ˈblækbɑl/

blackball in Malayalam: തള്ളുക, തള്ളിക്കളയുക, നിരാകരിക്കുക, പ്രവേശനം തടയുക. In English, blackball means a rejection; a vote against admitting someone.

Malayalam words for blackball

debar, reject, bar
തള്ളുക, തള്ളിക്കളയുക, നിരാകരിക്കുക, പ്രവേശനം തടയുക, നിരസിക്കുക, നിഷേധിക്കുക

English meaning of blackball

  1. noun A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
  2. noun A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
  3. noun A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
  4. noun A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.

Full definition of blackball

blackball in a sentence

  • Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.
  • If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.

Synonyms of blackball

All synonyms of blackball

Questions about blackball in Malayalam

What is the meaning of blackball in Malayalam?
Blackball in Malayalam is തള്ളുക, തള്ളിക്കളയുക, നിരാകരിക്കുക, പ്രവേശനം തടയുക.
blackball എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Blackball: തള്ളുക, തള്ളിക്കളയുക, നിരാകരിക്കുക, പ്രവേശനം തടയുക.
What does blackball mean in English?
Blackball means a rejection; a vote against admitting someone.

Source and license

Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: blackball (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: blackball (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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