Word.ws English Dictionary

girlcott

US/ˈɡɚl.kɒt/

girlcott verb: to boycott.

Verb

girlcott (third-person singular simple present girlcotts, present participle girlcotting, simple past and past participle girlcotted)

  1. (informal) To boycott.

Noun

girlcott (plural girlcotts)

  1. (informal) A boycott led by women.

girlcott meaning in Bengali

girlcott in Bengali

বয়কট করা, মহিলাদের পরিচালিত একটি বয়কট

Forms of girlcott

Verb
third-person singular presentgirlcotts
present participlegirlcotting
past participlegirlcotted
pastgirlcotted
Noun
pluralgirlcotts

Origin of girlcott

Alteration of boycott (as though it came from the word boy) with girl. Coined in 1968 by American track athlete Lacey O'Neal during the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, in the context of protests by male African-American athletes.

Questions about girlcott

What does girlcott mean?
Girlcott means to boycott.
What is girlcott in Bengali?
Girlcott in Bengali is বয়কট করা, মহিলাদের পরিচালিত একটি বয়কট. See Girlcott meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is girlcott?
Girlcott can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce girlcott?
Girlcott is pronounced /ˈɡɚl.kɒt/ (US).
What is the past tense of girlcott?
The past tense of girlcott is girlcotted.

Words near girlcott in the dictionary

  1. girlchiks
  2. girlchild
  3. girlchildren
  4. girlcock
  5. girlcocks
  6. girlcott
  7. girlcotted
  8. girlcotting
  9. girlcotts
  10. girlcum
  11. girldick

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: girlcott (page history and authors); girlcott (Bengali Wiktionary) (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “girlcott.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/girlcott. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.