Definitions for boycott

boycott boy·cott

Spelling: [boi-kot]
IPA: /ˈbɔɪ kɒt/

Boycott is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in boycott (bcootty).

Definitions for boycott

noun

  1. the practice of boycotting.
  2. an instance of boycotting.

verb (used with object)

  1. to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion:
  2. to abstain from buying or using:

Origin of boycott

after Charles C. Boycott (1832-97), English estate manager in Ireland, against whom nonviolent coercive tactics were used in 1880

Examples for boycott

This may vary from the "cold shoulder" to the complete "boycott."

But in a year they were trembling in the face of that boycott.

Indignation meetings were held, and it was determined to boycott the monks.

The conservative Christian group mailed out nearly one million cards to supporters calling on them to boycott Disney products.

Last Monday, university students began a boycott of classes.

Celebrities like Weir were called on to urge a boycott of the Games.

Those rumors, in turn, sparked a boycott of enterprises affiliated with the family.

The sanction of the caste rules is in a boycott by all members of the caste.

The 1996 filing (which you can check out here) was, naturally, as silly and frivolous as the boycott push that came before it.

The boycott continues, but it is dwindling in intensity and will soon subside.

Word Value for boycott
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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