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boycotting

boycotting is the present participle and gerund of boycott.

Meaning of boycott

Verb

boycott (third-person singular simple present boycotts, present participle boycotting, simple past and past participle boycotted)

  1. (transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
    • There is probably not a citizen in the United States who wears a hat that has not heard of John Stetson, and does not know that the Stetson hat is one of if not the best made. For some cause the Knights [of Labor] have boycotted the Stetson hats, and have notified all dealers that if they sell them...1886 April 1, “Knights of Labor”, in Railway Conductors' Monthly, volume 3, number 4, Chicago, page 214

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Noun

boycotting (countable and uncountable, plural boycottings)

  1. The act of something being boycotted.

Forms of boycotting

pluralboycottings

Questions about boycotting

What does boycotting mean?
Boycotting means the act of something being boycotted.
What is boycotting the present participle and gerund of?
Boycotting is the present participle and gerund of boycott.
What part of speech is boycotting?
Boycotting is a noun.
What is the plural of boycotting?
The plural of boycotting is boycottings.

Words near boycotting in the dictionary

  1. boycotted
  2. boycottee
  3. boycottees
  4. boycotter
  5. boycotters
  6. boycotting
  7. boycottings
  8. boycottism
  9. boycotts
  10. boycottworthy
  11. boycunt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boycotting (page history and authors); boycott (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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