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bogart
1[ boh-gahrt ]
verb (used with object)
- to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing:
Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- to bully or force:
He just bogarted his way into the elevator!
verb (used without object)
- to act or move in a tough or aggressive way:
That big guy doesn't ask--he just bogarts.
noun
- a person who hogs or monopolizes something.
- a person who acts in a tough or aggressive way.
Bogart
2[ boh-gahrt ]
noun
- Humphrey (DeForest) BogieorBogey, 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
bogart
1/ ˈbəʊɡɑːt /
verb
- slang.tr to monopolize or keep (something, esp a marijuana cigarette) to oneself selfishly
Bogart
2/ ˈbəʊɡɑːt /
noun
- BogartHumphrey (DeForest)18991957MUSFILMS AND TV: actor 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)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bogart1
Example Sentences
In 1951, director John Huston brought Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and Lauren Bacall here to film The African Queen.
“Everyone could see their love right there on celluloid,” added their son, Stephen Bogart.
Humphrey Bogart: “I should never have switched from scotch to martinis.”
He's got his head down over his glass, and I say, 'Mr. Bogart, my name is Harold Conrad.
So one night I'm in a Sunset Strip joint, and I see Bogart sitting at a table.
But Bogart, taking out the cigar, smiled at it with a shrewd squint.
Then as a thought struck him, "Why did Judge Bogart ask you to leave?"
"Well, it kept you a lady, and a fool," snapped Judge Bogart.
Two years of college had done little to affect Sard Bogart's life.
Judge Bogart wants me to take a basket of them up to Mrs. Ralling.
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