boycott

From Wiktionary

[change] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɔɪkɒt/, SAMPA: /"bOIkQt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɔɪkɑt/, SAMPA: /"bOIkAt/

[change] Verb

Plain form boycott

Third-person singular boycotts

Past tense boycotted

Past participle boycotted

Present participle boycotting

1. To stop using a product or buying from a store on purpose, often as a form of protest.

   When the newspapers reported that a major clothing company had used child labor, many people boycotted the company.

[change] Noun

Singular boycott

Plural boycotts

1. A form of protest where a person or a group of people stop using a product or stop buying from a store on purpose.

   The boycott against fruit grown in foreign countries lasted two months.