Badger

Quick meaning: Badger is a noun meaning Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea.

Meaning

Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea.

More Meanings

1. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
2. (in the plural, obsolete, cant) A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
3. (transitive) To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
4. (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
5. (slang, cricket) A person who is very fond of cricket.
6. (obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker or huckster; especially one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

Example Sentences

He kept badgering her about her bad habits.

"Yeah? Cool. Just a warning: people are going to badger you about that. It's practically inevitable for gay trans people."

Word Forms

• badgers
• badgering
• badgered

Synonyms for badger

Depending on context, synonyms include brock, bait, hound, bedevil, beleaguer, persecute.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bug, tease, beleaguer, harass, pester, skunk.

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