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1. (n.) badger
any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
2. badger
the fur of this mammal.
3. (v.t.) badger
to harass or urge persistently; pester; nag.
Etymology: (1515–25; var. of badgeard, perh. badge+ -ard , in allusion to white mark on its head)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Wisconsinite, Badger
a native or resident of Wisconsin
2. (verb) badger
sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
3. (verb) tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer
annoy persistently
"The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
4. (verb) badger
persuade through constant efforts
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) badger
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. (noun) badger
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. (noun) badger
a brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists
4. (verb) badger
to tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently
5. (verb) badger
to beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain
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Sense: a burrowing animal of the weasel family.
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 Afrikaans: ratel |
 Arabic: غُريْر |
 Bulgarian: язовец |
 Brazilian: texugo |
 Czech: jezevec |
 German: der Dachs |
 Danish: grævling |
 Greek: ασβός |
 Spanish: tejón |
 Estonian: mäger |
 Farsi: گورکن |
 Finnish: mäyrä |
 French: blaireau |
 Hebrew: גִירִית |
 Hindi: बिज्जू, बिज्जू का चमड़ा |
 Croatian: jazavac |
 Hungarian: borz |
 Indonesian: sejenis musang |
 Icelandic: greifingi |
 Italian: tasso |
 Japanese: あなぐま |
 Korean: 오소리 |
 Lithuanian: barsukas |
 Latvian: āpsis |
 Malay: badger |
 Dutch: das |
 Norwegian: grevling; (Australia) vom |
 Polish: borsuk |
 Persian: گورکن |
 Pashto: يوډول حيوان دى چه شايى پل |
 Portuguese: texugo |
 Romanian: bursuc |
 Russian: барсук |
 Slovak: jazvec |
 Slovenian: jazbec |
 Serbian: jazavac |
 Swedish: grävling |
 Thai: สัตวสี่เท้ามีขนสีเทา และห |
 Turkish: porsuk |
 Taiwanese: 獾 |
 Ukrainian: борсук |
 Urdu: نیولے کی قسم کا ایک جانور |
 Vietnamese: con lửng |
 Chinese: 獾 |
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