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Definition of blackball verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

blackball

verb

NAmE//ˈblækbɔl//

blackball somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they blackball

he / she / it blackballs

past simple blackballed

-ing form blackballing

to prevent someone from joining a club or a group by voting against them He was blackballed when he tried to join the country club.

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