blacklist

noun
/ˈblæklɪst/

Etymology

From black + list.

  1. derived from *leys-
  2. inherited from *līstā
  3. derived from lista
  4. derived from liste
  5. inherited from līste
  6. inherited from list
  7. compounded as blacklist — “black + list

Definitions

  1. A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.

    • The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.
  2. To place on a blacklist

    To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.

    • You can blacklist known spammers with that button.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blacklist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA