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badg·er
(băj′ər)n.
1. Any of several carnivorous burrowing mammals of the family Mustelidae, such as Meles meles of Eurasia or Taxidea taxus of North America, having short legs, long claws on the front feet, and a heavy grizzled coat.
2. The fur or hair of any of these mammals.
3. Any of several similar mammals, such as the ratel.
tr.v. badg·ered, badg·er·ing, badg·ers
To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester: badgered the boy into cleaning his room. See Synonyms at harass.
[Perhaps from badge.]
Word History: From an etymological point of view, the badger may simply be "the one that wears a badge." The Eurasian species of badger has a white head with a broad black stripe on each side of its snout, and the white area on its forehead may have brought to mind a badge, hence badger. This theory is supported by the fact that a common term for the badger in Middle and Early Modern English was bauson, which comes from the Old French word bausent, meaning "piebald, having a coat with black and white patches," and also "badger." The Old English word for the badger was broc, a word which survives in modern British English as brock, a word for the common badger, and also as the personal name Brock. Badger first appears in the early 16th century and eventually replaces brock and bauson in common usage.
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badger
(ˈbædʒə)n
1. (Animals) any of various stocky omnivorous musteline mammals of the subfamily Melinae, such as Meles meles (Eurasian badger), occurring in Europe, Asia, and North America: order Carnivora (carnivores). They are typically large burrowing animals, with strong claws and a thick coat striped black and white on the head. Compare ferret badger, hog badger
2. (Animals) honey badger another name for ratel
vb
(tr) to pester or harass
[C16: variant of badgeard, probably from badge (from the white mark on its forehead) + -ard]
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badg•er
(ˈbædʒ 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.
2. the fur of this mammal.
v.t. 3. to harass or urge persistently; pester; nag.
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badger
Past participle: badgered
Gerund: badgering
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| Noun | 1. |  Badger - a native or resident of Wisconsin American - a native or inhabitant of the United States |
| 2. |  badger - sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphereAmerican badger, Taxidea taxus - a variety of badger native to America Eurasian badger, Meles meles - a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia ferret badger - small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia Arctonyx collaris, hog badger, hog-nosed badger, sand badger - southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig | |
| Verb | 1. |  badger - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
| 2. | badger - persuade through constant efforts persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
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badger
verb pester, worry, harry, bother, bug (informal), bully, plague, hound, get at, harass, nag, hassle (informal), chivvy, importune, bend someone's ear (informal), be on someone's back (slang) She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him.
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badger
verb1. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides:
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Translations
غُرَيْرغُريْريُضايِق بالألحاح
язовец
jezevecotravovat
grævlingplagechikanere
melo
mäyrä
jazavac
borz
greifingiáreita, hrella
アナグマ
오소리
barsukasįkyriai kaulyti
āpsisnelikt mierutirdīt
viezure
jazvec
jazbec
grävling
борсук
con lửng
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badger
[ˈbædʒər] n (= animal) → blaireau m badger baiting
vt (= pester) → harceler
to badger sb with questions → harceler qn de questions
to badger sb to do sth → harceler qn pour qu'il fasse qchbadger baiting n → déterrage m de blaireauxbad guy n (= baddy) (in film, story) → méchant m; (in real life) → méchant mbad hair day n → jour m sans
to be having a bad hair day → être dans un jour sans
to badger sb with questions → harceler qn de questions
to badger sb to do sth → harceler qn pour qu'il fasse qchbadger baiting n → déterrage m de blaireauxbad guy n (= baddy) (in film, story) → méchant m; (in real life) → méchant mbad hair day n → jour m sans
to be having a bad hair day → être dans un jour sans
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badger
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
badger
(ˈbӕdʒə) noun a burrowing animal of the weasel family.
verb to annoy or worry. He badgered the authorities until they gave him a new passport.
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badger
→ غُرَيْر jezevec grævling Dachs ασβός tejón mäyrä blaireau jazavac tasso アナグマ 오소리 das grevling borsuk texugo барсук grävling สัตว์สี่เท้ามีขนสีเทาหัวมีลายเส้นสีขาวตัดกับขนสีเทา porsuk con lửng 獾Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009