blackball

blackball is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 25 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.
2. noun. A ball of black color, esp. one used as a negative in voting; -- in this sense usually two words.
3. transitive verb. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize.
4. transitive verb. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
5. noun. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

   Synonyms: barring

6. verb. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

   "The President vetoed the bill"

   Synonyms: negative, veto

7. verb. expel from a community or group

   Synonyms: ban, banish, ostracise, ostracize, shun

Synonyms

barring, negative, veto, ban, banish, ostracise, ostracize, shun

Common word forms

blackballs, blackballed, blackballer, blackballing

Words from these letters

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