bogart

¹

Also bo·gard

[boh-gahrt]

verb (used with object)

1. to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing.

   Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?

2. to bully or force.

   He just bogarted his way into the elevator!

verb (used without object)

1. to act or move in a tough or aggressive way.

   That big guy doesn't ask--he just bogarts.

noun

1. a person who hogs or monopolizes something.

2. a person who acts in a tough or aggressive way.

Bogart

²

[boh-gahrt]

noun

1. Humphrey (DeForest) BogieorBogey, 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.

Bogart

¹

/ ˈbəʊɡɑːt /

noun

1. Humphrey ( DeForest ). nicknamed Bogie . 1899–1957, US film actor: his films include High Sierra (1941), Casablanca (1942), The Big Sleep (1946), The African Queen (1951), and The Caine Mutiny (1954)

bogart

²

/ ˈbəʊɡɑːt /

verb

1. slang,  (tr) to monopolize or keep (something, esp a marijuana cigarette) to oneself selfishly

Word History and Origins

Origin of bogart¹

1965–70; in reference to Humphrey Bogart's typical movie role, a tough character with a cigarette

Word History and Origins

Origin of bogart¹

C20: after Humphrey _Bogart , on account of his alleged greed for marijuana

Example Sentences

The original Committee for the First Amendment included actors such as Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Humphrey Bogart, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, who traveled to Washington in 1947 to oppose anti-Communist hearings targeting the film industry.

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Cinematic nods throughout the series reference another Humphrey Bogart classic, the 1954 romance “Sabrina,” in which Audrey Hepburn has a glow up in the French capital amid a love triangle between two brothers, and 1953’s “Roman Holiday,” in which Hepburn lops her hair into a bob and rides a Vespa before finding love.

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There have also been rumours that the birds escaped across the country during the wrap party for the 1951 film The African Queen starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.

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“I thought I was going to stay in L.A. longer,” he told journalist Tom Bogart.

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Authorities discovered three bodies — two females and a male — at a home on the 4700 block of Bogart Avenue around 6:48 p.m.

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