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verb

• to steal, monopolize, or hog.

  Don't Bogart my cookies!

  Don't Bogart the smell of the fart!

  • See more words with the same meaning: stingy or greedy.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to steal.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.

• to force.

  I'm going to Bogart my way into this party.

  Don't try to Bogart me into doing anything.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to force.

  Last edited on Jan 17 2011. Submitted by Bill M. from Toledo, OH, USA on Sep 07 2003.

origin

• The band Fraternity of Man has a song called "Don't Bogart Me," circa the late 1960s. Lyrics include: "Don't Bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me."

  Last edited on Mar 12 1998. Submitted by Dan Day from MA, USA on Mar 12 1998.

• Possibly from the movie The Roaring Twenties. In the movie, Jimmy Cagney offers Humphrey Bogart his cigarette to share Bogart smokes the entire thing.

  Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by Geoffrey W. on Jul 14 2004.

adjective

• a funky person.

  That dude is a funky monkey.

  • See more words with the same meaning: crazy, insane, weird, strange person.
  • See more words with the same meaning: interesting.

  Last edited on Mar 12 1998. Submitted by Bob on Mar 12 1998.