boycott

Plural: boycotts

Noun

a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
The act of boycotting.

Verb

Verb Forms: boycotted, boycotting, boycotts

To refuse to buy, use, or participate as a protest.
refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

Examples

He threatened to BOYCOTT Words With Friends after his opponent challenged a perfectly valid word.

Origin / Etymology

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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

black, blackball, blacklist, boycott, cancel, embargo, sanction, taboo

Antonyms

patronise, patronize, buycott, endorse, favour, procott

Scrabble Score: 14

boycott: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
boycott: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
boycott: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

boycott: valid Words With Friends Word