badger
(bædʒəʳ )
Word forms: badgers , badgering , badgered
1. countable noun
A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
2. verb
If you badger someone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions.
She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something. [VERB noun]
They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
I had foolishly allowed myself to be badgered into volunteering . [VERB noun + into]
Synonyms: pester, worry, harry, bother
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Translations:
Chinese: 獾, 纠缠
Japanese: アナグマ, しつこく悩ます
- a little bland
- a little cautious
- a little confusing
- a little daunting
- a little different
- a little envious
- a little frightening
- a little frustrating
- a little harsh
- a little hazy
- alive
- alive and kicking
- alive and kicking
- alive and well
- a live wire
- a living death
- a living hell
- alkali
- alkaline
- alkaline battery
- alkaline solution
- alkalinity
- all
- all-
- Allah