Blacks meaning : The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed. A black dye or pigment. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals. (sometimes capitalised) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person. Blackness, the condition of having dark skin. The black ball. The edge of home plate. A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour. Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black). (in chess and similar games) The person playing with the black set of pieces. Something, or a part of a thing, which is black. A stain; a spot. A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat. Marijuana. To make black; to blacken. To apply blacking to (something). To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.