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bogart

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[ 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

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[ boh-gahrt ]

noun

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

bogart

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/ ˈəʊɡɑː /

verb

  1. slang.
    tr to monopolize or keep (something, esp a marijuana cigarette) to oneself selfishly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Bogart

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/ ˈəʊɡɑː /

noun

  1. 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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bogart1

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

Origin of bogart1

C20: after Humphrey Bogart , on account of his alleged greed for marijuana
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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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In a letter to his stepson that sold for $4,480, he wrote about the classic 1946 adaptation of “The Big Sleep”: “When they were making the picture at Warners Howard Hawks, the director, and Humphrey Bogart sent me a wire asking whether the chauffeur had committed suicide or been murdered, and I had to answer that I didn’t know.”

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The most successful film adaptations of Chandler’s work — Hawks’ “The Big Sleep,” which showcased the electric chemistry between Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye,” indelibly starring Elliott Gould as Marlowe — are marked not just by dense plots but also by a wry sense of humor.

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Peltier and the head of programming, Bogart Avila, share a history that began long before the space’s opening this past January.

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