Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to boycott
Participle: boycotted
Gerund: boycotting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | boycott |
| you | boycott |
| he;she;it | boycotts |
| we | boycott |
| you | boycott |
| they | boycott |
Perfect
| I | have boycotted |
| you | have boycotted |
| he;she;it | has boycotted |
| we | have boycotted |
| you | have boycotted |
| they | have boycotted |
Past
| I | boycotted |
| you | boycotted |
| he;she;it | boycotted |
| we | boycotted |
| you | boycotted |
| they | boycotted |
Pluperfect
| I | had boycotted |
| you | had boycotted |
| he;she;it | had boycotted |
| we | had boycotted |
| you | had boycotted |
| they | had boycotted |
Future
| I | will boycott |
| you | will boycott |
| he;she;it | will boycott |
| we | will boycott |
| you | will boycott |
| they | will boycott |
Future Perfect
| I | will have boycotted |
| you | will have boycotted |
| he;she;it | will have boycotted |
| we | will have boycotted |
| you | will have boycotted |
| they | will have boycotted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | boycott |
| you | boycott |
| he;she;it | boycott |
| we | boycott |
| you | boycott |
| they | boycott |
Perfect
| I | have boycotted |
| you | have boycotted |
| he;she;it | have boycotted |
| we | have boycotted |
| you | have boycotted |
| they | have boycotted |
Imperfect
| I | boycotted |
| you | boycotted |
| he;she;it | boycotted |
| we | boycotted |
| you | boycotted |
| they | boycotted |
Pluperfect
| I | had boycotted |
| you | had boycotted |
| he;she;it | had boycotted |
| we | had boycotted |
| you | had boycotted |
| they | had boycotted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would boycott |
| you | would boycott |
| he;she;it | would boycott |
| we | would boycott |
| you | would boycott |
| they | would boycott |
Perfect
| I | would have boycotted |
| you | would have boycotted |
| he;she;it | would have boycotted |
| we | would have boycotted |
| you | would have boycotted |
| they | would have boycotted |
Imperative
| you | boycott |
| we | Let's boycott |
| you | boycott |
Verbs conjugated like 'boycott'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'boycott'
buycott,
bobbitt,
boost,
boot,
bowcat,
concoct,
procott,
accost,
babbitt,
ballot,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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.
Verbs referencing "boycott"
Italian
boicottare, French
boycotter, Esperanto
bojkoti, Chinese, Mandarin
杯葛, Cebuano boykot, Danish
boykotte, Norwegian
boikotte, Ido boikotar, Greek
μποϊκοτάρω, Indonesian
boikot.
Sample Sentences
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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 they also will be boycotted. [1886 April 1, “Knights of Labor”, in Railway Conductors' Monthly, volume 3, number 4, Chicago, page 214:]
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Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers. [1998 July 3, James Brooke, “Anti-Government Freemen Are Found Guilty of Fraud”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Aug 2012:]
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But even if you weren't boycotting the film on the basis of its disgraceful necrobestiality theme, boycotting it on the basis of its vampires is reason enough. [2012, Charlie Brooker, I Can Make You Hate:]
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Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a tactic). [2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect, number Fall 2019:]
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Consumers are using boycotts as a tool to call corporations out for their support of Israel’s war on Gaza. Some companies have seen their sales decline as consumers continue to boycott them for their association with Israel. [2023 December 14, Al Jazeera, Are the boycotts against Israel making an impact?, number Israel-Gaza war aftermath:]