Badger Definition

băjər
badgered, badgering, badgers
noun
badgers
Any of several carnivorous burrowing mammals of the family Mustelidae, such as Meles meles of Eurasia or Taxidea taxus of North America, having short legs, long claws on the front feet, and a heavy grizzled coat.
American Heritage
Any of certain mammals of a family (Mustelidae) of burrowing carnivores (esp. genera Taxidea and Meles) of North America, Europe, and Asia, with a broad back, thick, short legs, and long claws on the forefeet.
Webster's New World
The fur or hair of any of these mammals.
American Heritage
The fur of a badger.
Webster's New World
Any of several similar mammals, such as the ratel.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
badgered, badgering, badgers
To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester.
Badgered the boy into cleaning his room.
American Heritage
To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Badger

Noun

Singular:
badger
Plural:
badgers

Origin of Badger

  • Perhaps from badge

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Badger Sentence Examples

  • The badger does not usually seek to attack, but, when driven to bay, its great muscular power and tough hide render it a formidable antagonist.

  • Fossil remains of the badger have been found in England in deposits of Pleistocene age.

  • Where the best coloured skins are not used for carriage rugs they are extensively dyed, and badger and other white hairs are inserted to resemble silver fox.

  • P. Badger visited the chief Jacobite centres, their numbers in all Turkey had dwindled to about ioo,000 souls, owing to vast secessions to Rome.

  • Badger testifies that the Syrian proselytes to Rome were superior to their Jacobite brethren, having established schools, rebuilt their churches, increased their clergy, and, above all, having learned to live with each other on terms of peace and charity.

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