how to pronounce blackball

/ˈblæk.bɔːl/

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blackball is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of blackball in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… represents blackball his constituent …”

meanings of blackball

noun:

A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.

verb:

To ostracize.
To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.

blackball frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word blackball occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics blackball can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that blackball can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;