Definitions for Badgerˈbædʒ ər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

badg•erˈbædʒ ər(n.)

  1. any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.

    Category: Mammals

  2. the fur of this mammal.

    Category: Clothing

  3. (v.t.)to harass or urge persistently; pester; nag.

Origin of badger:

1515–25; var. of badgeard, perh. badge+ -ard , in allusion to white mark on its head

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Wisconsinite, Badger(noun)

    a native or resident of Wisconsin

  2. badger(verb)

    sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

  3. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer(verb)

    annoy persistently

    "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

  4. badger(verb)

    persuade through constant efforts

Wiktionary

  1. badger(Noun)

    An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

  2. Badger(Noun)

    A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin.

  3. Origin: From bageard, from bage, from bage, referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Badger(noun)

    an itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another

  2. Badger(noun)

    a carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu

  3. Badger(noun)

    a brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists

  4. Badger(verb)

    to tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently

  5. Badger(verb)

    to beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain


Translations for Badger

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

badger(noun)

a burrowing animal of the weasel family.

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