bogart
verb
bo·gart ˈbō-ˌgärt 
bogarted; bogarting; bogarts
transitive verb
1
: bully sense 2
2
: to use or consume without sharing
Synonyms
- blackjack
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- bully
- bullyrag
- cow
- hector
- intimidate
- strong-arm
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Example Sentences
our coach told us not to let the other team bogart us on the field
Recent Examples on the Web Keep an eye out for this on a crowded table, because someone is likely to bogart it. 
Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021 Back in the Dark Ages of cannabis consumption, the only rule that seemed to matter was not to bogart that joint. Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2020 Built in 1963, the State House was designed to house the Alabama Department of Transportation, but in 1985, the Legislature bogarted the building while the capitol across the street was being renovated. Kyle Whitmire, al, 25 Mar. 2020 Tres Santos was accused of bogarting the small town’s water supply and displacing the local fisherman, who had been using the beach at Punta Lobos for generations. Christina Pérez, Vogue, 21 May 2017
Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021 Back in the Dark Ages of cannabis consumption, the only rule that seemed to matter was not to bogart that joint. Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2020 Built in 1963, the State House was designed to house the Alabama Department of Transportation, but in 1985, the Legislature bogarted the building while the capitol across the street was being renovated. Kyle Whitmire, al, 25 Mar. 2020 Tres Santos was accused of bogarting the small town’s water supply and displacing the local fisherman, who had been using the beach at Punta Lobos for generations. Christina Pérez, Vogue, 21 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
probably from Humphrey Bogart †1957 American film actor
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Biographical Definition
Bogart
biographical name
Bo·gart ˈbō-ˌgärt
Humphrey (DeForest) 1899–1957 American actor
bogarting
verb
as in intimidating
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats our coach told us not to let the other team bogart us on the field Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- intimidating
- bullying
- browbeating
- cowing
- scaring
- coercing
- bullyragging
- hectoring
- ballyragging
- bulldozing
- blackjacking
- strong-arming
- frightening
- harassing
- badgering
- startling
- threatening
- pressuring
- picking on
- forcing
- blustering
- shocking
- trash-talking
- terrorizing
- hounding
- dragooning
- spooking
- affrighting
- alarming
- making
- menacing
- horrifying
- constraining
- pressing
- bludgeoning
- terrifying
- discomposing
- disturbing
- obliging
- perturbing
- unmanning
- alaruming
- disconcerting
- pushing around
- compelling
- unnerving
- demoralizing
- upsetting
- distressing
- disquieting
- psyching (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- consoling
- comforting
- soothing
- cheering
- reassuring
- encouraging
- solacing
- persuading
- convincing
- steeling
- emboldening
- heartening
- cyanocobalamin
- cyanocobalamine
- cyanocobalamines
- cyanocobalamins
- Cyanocorax
- cyanocrystallin
- cyanoethylated
- cyanoethylates
- cyanoethylating
- cyanoethylation
- cyanoethylations
- cyanogen
- cyanogen bromide
- cyanogen chloride
- cyanogeneses
- cyanogenesis
- cyanogenetic
- cyanogenic
- cyanogens
- cyanoguanidine
- cyanohydrin
- cyanohydrins
- cyanomaclurin
- cyanometer
- cyanometers