boycott Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
  2. verb refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

WordNet

Boy"cott` transitive verb
Etymology
From Captain Boycott, a land agent in Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Boycotted; present participle & verbal noun Boycotting
Definitions
  1. To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.
Boy"cott noun
Definitions
  1. The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion.

Webster 1913