Definition of Bogart
Bogart 
verb
- to steal, monopolize, or hog.
Don't Bogart my cookies!
by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.
- to force.
He Bogarted himself right in front of us.
Don't try to Bogart me into doing anything.
by Bill M., Toledo, OH, USA, 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."
by Dan Day, MA, USA, Mar 12 1998.
- Possibly from the movie The Roaring Twenties. In the movie, Jimmy Cagney offers Hymphry Bogart his cigarette to share Bogart smokes the entire thing.
by Geoffrey W., Jul 14 2004.
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