English Explanatory Dictionary

boycott

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
noun
  1. The act of boycotting.
name
  1. A hamlet in Stowe parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP6636).
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɔɪkɒt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boycott.wav /ˈbɔɪkɑt/

Word forms

boycott boycotts boycotting boycotted

Etymology

Etymology tree English Charles Boycott English boycott From Charles Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. For the surname see Boycott.

Synonyms

embargo blackball blacklist black boycott cancel taboo

Antonyms

buycott endorse favour procott

Related words

ostracize shun prohibit repudiate ostracization sanction

Derived words

sex boycott boycottable boycottage boycottee boycotter boycottworthy buycott girlcott nonboycotted secondary boycott unboycotted antiboycott boycottism counterboycott procott
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