The word is in the Wiktionary

9 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• blackball n. (Countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
• blackball n. (Countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
• blackball n. (Countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
• blackball n. A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
• blackball n. (Uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
• blackball v. (Transitive) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
• blackball v. (Transitive) To ostracize.

— English word, defined in German —

• blackball V. Transitiv: gegen jemanden bei der Aufnahme in einen Klub oder Gemeinschaft stimmen, meist in einer geheimen…

— English word, defined in French —

• blackball v. Blackbouler.

42 English words from 7 English definitions

admitting against A␣game ball black blacking boots Countable eight eight␣ball English engraved especially etc exclusive for game impressions indicate kind kind␣of large negative niggerball organization ostracize rejection shoes someone standardized substance such sweet taking the Transitive Uncountable used used␣to version vote work

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

der Gemeinschaft

1 foreign word from 7 English definitions

large␣black

13 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Aufnahme bei Blackbouler einen einer gegen geheimen jemanden Klub meist oder stimmen Transitiv

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

blackballs blackballed blackballer blackballers blackballing blackballings

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ack ACK all ALL -all all- BAL Baʻl ball Ball BLA black Black KBA lac Lac LAc LAC lack

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

alb Alb. cal Cal cal. Cal. kcal lab Lab LAB LαB Lab.

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

blackballs

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

All␣Black backball Blackall

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Blackhall Blackwall

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

backball Blackall

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