Definition of Bogart
Bogart 
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.
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Other terms relating to 'stingy or greedy': | |
| Definitions include: a woman who is dating a wealthy man only for his money. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: uptight, stingy, conservative; "by the book". | |
| Definitions include: to not repay a debt. | |
| Definitions include: a police officer. | |
| Definitions include: metaphorical arms, the presence of which indicates a person is stingy. | |
| Definitions include: deceitful, untrustworthy. | |
| Definitions include: a stingy person. | |
Other terms relating to 'to steal': | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: To steal. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: a disrespectful, rude, or otherwise unpleasant person. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to steal or swindle something from someone. | |
| Definitions include: To make someone pay. | |
| Definitions include: a robbery performed by smashing a window, grabbing things from inside, and leaving quickly. | |
| Definitions include: a five pound note. | |
| Definitions include: to take all of a person's money. | |
| Definitions include: to steal or take away from. | |
| Definitions include: verb. to take something from someone in front of them. | |
| Definitions include: stuff, things. | |
| Definitions include: to rob. | |
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| Definitions include: In the Southeast United States, it is used by construction workers, carpenters, etc. to describe something which is off plumb or leaning in a way it was not meant to. | |
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