Word: blackballs
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: black
balls
Definition: Plural of blackball; vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
Morphemes:
Affix: black
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
Affix: ball
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To punish by affixing a ball and chain
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bal
Language: fr
Decoded: bal
PoS: Noun
Meaning: dance party, ball
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.