badgernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbædʒ.ər/us/ˈbædʒ.ɚ/an animal with greyish-brown fur, a black and white head and a pointed face, that lives underground and comes out to feed at night
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Wild mammals
- aardvark
- anteater
- armadillo
- bandicoot
- big beast
- fruit bat
- giant panda
- giraffe
- grizzly bear
- hedgehog
- pachyderm
- panda
- platypus
- polar bear
- polecat
- stoat
- tapir
- tusker
- vampire bat
- wallaby
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badgerverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbædʒ.ər/us/ˈbædʒ.ɚ/to persuade someone by telling them repeatedly to do something, or to question someone repeatedly:
Stop badgering me - I'll do it when I'm ready.
[ + into + -ing verb ] She's been badgering me into doing some exercise.
[ + to infinitive ] Every time we go into a shop, the kids badger me to buy them sweets.
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Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- interrogate
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- roll call
- third
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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