boycott

Pronunciation

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

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• Hyphenation: boy‧cott

Verb

Plain form boycott

Third-person singular boycotts

Past tense boycotted

Past participle boycotted

Present participle boycotting

1. If you boycott something, then you stop using a product or buying from a store on purpose. People mainly boycott as a form of protest.

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

Noun

Singular boycott

Plural boycotts

1. A boycott is when people stop using a product or stop buying from a store on purpose. Boycotting is a form of protest to prove a point and avoid buying things from companies that have done wrong.

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

   Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott against the Montgomery buses because the bus drivers gave priority seats to white people. So, instead of taking the bus, African Americans walked so the bus company would sell fewer tickets and lose money.