bogart

Examples of bogart in a sentence

• I just thought Mike was getting high in the corner, and Heather put her camera down to run over and demand that he not be such a Bogart.2003 September 23, Richard Lee, “Conclusion to Blair Witch”, in rec.arts.horror.movies (Usenet):
• Don't bogart that joint, my friend / Pass it over to me1968, Elliot Ingber and Larry Wagner, “Don't Bogart Me”, in The Fraternity of Man:
• Musicians aren’t bogarting creativity — they are people who enjoy making music.2026 April 20, Elizabeth Lopatto, “Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want”, in The Verge, retrieved 21 Apr 2026:
• To bogart his way past resistance to instant gratification, whether it was for advantage in a one-on-one at the hoops or with a woman in bed.2013, Sandra Kitt, Family Affairs, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

Synonyms of bogart

• hog

Forms of bogart

Origin of bogart

From actor Humphrey Bogart, from Dutch surname Bogaard (“keeper of an orchard”), from boomgaard (“treegarden, orchard”), cognate to English boom (“piece of wood”)/beam + garden. Senses of selfishness and excess evolved from the original 1960s use meaning “keep a joint in the mouth instead of passing it on”, recalling the actor’s signature practice of keeping a cigarette dangling from his mouth even while speaking. Other senses of “bullying” or “tough guy” also originated in the 1960s and recall the actor’s various movie roles. Another potential origin of the vernacular comes from Humphrey Bogart's role in the film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) in which his character, Dobbs, becomes increasingly selfish with the gold mine that he shares with his two partners. Or it could be from The Big Sleep (1946) in which Lauren Bacall lights a cigarette for him while he is tied up, forcing him to dangle the cigarette from his lips for the rest of the scene. According to an interview with "The Fraternity of Man" bandmember Lawrence "Stash" Wagner, he "got down on my knees and begged" the ABC record label to put their song "Don't Bogart That Joint" on a single, agreeing to change the...

From the Dutch surname Bogaert, derived from bogaard, contraction of boomgaard (“orchard”), from boom (“tree”) + gaard (“garden”). Doublet of Baumgart, Bangert, and Bungert, all from German.

Words formed from bogart

• Bogart-Bacall syndrome

Questions about bogart

What does bogart mean?

Bogart means an obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog.

How do you use bogart in a sentence?

I just thought Mike was getting high in the corner, and Heather put her camera down to run over and demand that he not be such a Bogart.

What part of speech is bogart?

Bogart can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.

What is the plural of bogart?

The plural of bogart is bogarts.