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Bo⋅gart

  [boh-gahrt]
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–noun
Humphrey (DeForest) (“Bogey”), 1900–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
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Bo·gart   (bō'gärt)   
American actor who played reticent, tough, but ultimately kind-hearted heroes in films such as Casablanca (1942) and The African Queen (1951), for which he won an Academy Award.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry:  bogart1
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  to selfishly take or keep something; hog
Example:  She was drunk and bogarted attention at the block party.
Etymology:  probably from Humphrey Bogart, US actor
Usage:  slang; bogarted, bogarting
Main Entry:  bogart2
Part of Speech:  v
Definition:  to bully someone into giving something up
Example:  He tried to bogart his way in.
Etymology:  probably from Humphrey Bogart, US actor
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bogart [ˈbogɑrt] and [ˈbogɑrd]

and bogard
  1. in.
    to monopolize a communal marijuana cigarette; to hold a communal marijuana cigarette so long—Bogart style—that one drools on it. (From Humphrey Bogart, the screen actor.) : Stop bogarding and take a hit!
  2. in.
    to stall. : The lawyer for the other side is bogarding, and it will take weeks to get it settled.
  3. in.
    to act in a tough manner like Humphrey Bogart. : There's nothing funnier than a wimp trying to bogard around.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bogart 
1969, "to keep a joint in your mouth," dangling from the lip like Humphrey Bogart's cigarette in the old movies, instead of passing it on. First attested in "Easy Rider." The word was also used 1960s with notions of "get something by intimidation, be a tough guy."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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