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badger noun /ˈbædʒə(r)/ /ˈbædʒər/ jump to other results - an animal with grey fur and wide black and white lines on its head. Badgers are nocturnal (= active mostly at night) and live in holes in the ground.Topics Animalsc2
Word Originearly 16th cent.: perhaps from badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th cent.) originates from the now illegal sport of badger-baiting, where dogs draw a badger from its set and kill it.
badger verb /ˈbædʒə(r)/ /ˈbædʒər/ jump to other results - to put pressure on somebody by repeatedly asking them questions or asking them to do something synonym pester
- badger somebody (into doing something) I finally badgered him into coming with us.
- badger somebody about something Reporters constantly badger her about her private life.
- badger somebody to do something His daughter was always badgering him to let her join the club.
Word Originearly 16th cent.: perhaps from badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th cent.) originates from the now illegal sport of badger-baiting, where dogs draw a badger from its set and kill it.
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