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Bogart vs Bombard - What's the difference?

bogart | bombard |

As a proper noun bogart

is , most famously borne by american actor.

As a noun bombard is

a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

As a verb bombard is

to attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.

bogart

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A very long inhalation of smoke, particularly marijuana.
  • He took a huge bogart from the joint before finally passing it on.
  • (slang) Excess.
  • There are over two dozen related terms for station? What a bogart !
  • (slang) One given to excess, whether good or ill.
  • Smith is the writer, director, star and producer. What a bogart !
  • (slang) An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog.
  • He walked in, swiped my beer off the table and chugged it. I said “Dude, don’t be a bogart ”, but he didn’t care.
  • (slang) A disappointment.
  • Then right in the middle of their best song, the power went out? That’s a bogart .
  • (slang) The first cup of brewed coffee collected from under the coffee filter. Also, a cup of very strong coffee, much the same as espresso.
  • Would you like a cup of bogart now or would you rather wait for the coffee to finish brewing?

    Synonyms

    * (long inhalation) Bogart drag

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To selfishly take or keep something; to hog; especially to hold a joint (marijuana) dangling between the lips instead of passing it on.
  • Dude, don’t bogart the chocolate fudge!
    Don’t bogart the can, man.
  • (slang) To get something by bullying, intimidation; be a tough guy.
  • He tried to bogart his way in.

    Quotations

    An early, prominent use of the term in reference to hogging a joint (marijuana cigarette) appeared in the lyrics of the song “Don’t Bogart Me” by the American band (Season 5, Episode 10), Patrick Jane, a consultant with the "CBI," informs a tobacco company that "someone bogarted your stash" of Marijuana.

    Synonyms

    * (selfishly keep) (l)

    bombard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
  • * Knolles
  • They planted in divers places twelve great bombards , wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses.
  • (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
  • (obsolete) a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
  • yond same black cloud, yond huge one, / looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor.
  • (poetic, rare) A bombardment.
  • (music) A bombardon.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
  • (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
  • (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
  • Synonyms

    * bomb

    Derived terms

    * bombardier * bombardment * bombard phrase