Word: blackballs
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: black
balls
Definition: Third-person singular of blackball; vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
Morphemes:
Affix: black
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To apply blacking to (something).
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 third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs