badger (verb)

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• Badger — Badg er, n. [Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again.] An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• badger — I verb abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, annoy, annoy excessively, assail, bait, beset, bother, bully, chafe, discomfort, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, disturb keenly, exasperate, excruciate, fret, goad,… …   Law dictionary

• badger — ► NOUN ▪ a heavily built nocturnal mammal, typically having a grey and black coat and a white striped head. ► VERB ▪ repeatedly and annoyingly ask (someone) to do something. ORIGIN perhaps from BADGE(Cf. ↑badge), with reference to the animal s… …   English terms dictionary

• badger — verb stop badgering us Syn: pester, harass, bother, plague, torment, hound, nag, harry, tease, go on at; informal hassle, bug, get on someone s case …   Thesaurus of popular words

• badger — Verb. To bother incessantly. E.g. Stop badgering her, she s not interested in buying another pair of your cheap trainers …   English slang and colloquialisms

• badger — verb Syn: pester, harass, hound, harry, nag, bother, go on at; informal hassle, bug …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• badger — I UK [ˈbædʒə(r)] / US [ˈbædʒər] noun [countable] Word forms badger : singular badger plural badgers a wild animal that lives in a hole in the ground and has short legs and thick dark fur with a white area on its head II UK [ˈbædʒə(r)] / US… …   English dictionary

• badger — 1. noun /ˈbædʒə,ˈbædʒɚ/ a) A common name for any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger). b) A native or resident of… …   Wiktionary

• badger — [[t]bæ̱ʤə(r)[/t]] badgers, badgering, badgered 1) N COUNT A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night. 2) VERB If you badger someone, you… …   English dictionary

• badger — I. noun Etymology: probably from badge; from the white mark on its forehead Date: 1523 1. a. any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• badger — badg|er1 [ bædʒər ] verb transitive to try to make someone do something by asking them many times: PESTER: They keep badgering me to take them to the show. badger badg|er 2 [ bædʒər ] noun count a wild animal that lives in a hole in the ground… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English