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Definition of Badger
1. Verb. Annoy persistently. "Sam cannot badger Sue "; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
Generic synonyms: Bedevil, Crucify, Dun, Frustrate, Rag, Torment
Derivative terms: Badgerer, Pesterer, Tease, Tease, Teaser
2. Noun. A native or resident of Wisconsin.
3. Verb. Persuade through constant efforts. "They badger him to write the letter"
4. Noun. Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.
Specialized synonyms: American Badger, Taxidea Taxus, Eurasian Badger, Meles Meles, Ferret Badger, Arctonyx Collaris, Hog Badger, Hog-nosed Badger, Sand Badger
Definition of Badger
1. n. 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. n. 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 or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
3. v. t. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.
Definition of Badger
1. Noun. A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin. ¹
2. Noun. 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). ¹
3. Noun. A native or resident of the American State of Wisconsin. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair. ¹
5. Noun. (plural obsolete vulgar cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered. ¹
6. Verb. To pester, to annoy persistently. ¹
7. Verb. (British informal) To pass gas; to fart. ¹
8. Noun. (obsolete) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Badger
1. to harass [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: harass
Medical Definition of Badger
1.
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.
Origin: Of uncertain origin; perh. Fr. An old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again.
1. 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 or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. Badger dog.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Badger
Literary usage of Badger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society by New Hampshire Historical Society (1850)
"GILES badger,* married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. ... Sergeant JOHN badger
lived in Newbury, and married for his first wife Elizabeth, (surname not known ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Reverting to the crown, it was bestowed in 1452 upon the ist earl of Huntly, and
still gives the title of lord of Badenoch to the marquess of Huntly. badger ..."
3. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1867)
"George E. badger, of North Carolina, for the Collins Steamers. ... H. 2699 badger.
The Humble Conqueror : a Discourse Commemorative of the Life and Services ..."
4. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"badger Clark was born at Albia, Iowa, in 1883. He moved to Dakota Territory at
the age of three months and now lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota. ..."
5. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"badger Clark was born at Albia, Iowa, in 1883. He moved to Dakota Territory at
the age of three months and now lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota. ..."
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