badger
11badger — I verb abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, annoy, annoy excessively, assail, bait, beset, bother, bully, chafe, discomfort, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, disturb keenly, exasperate, excruciate, fret, goad,… …
12badger — vb *bait, hound, chivy, hector, ride, heckle Analogous words: *annoy, vex, bother, irk: harass, harry, *worry, pester, plague, tease …
13badger — [v] nag, bother annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, give the business*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, insist on, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, work on; concepts 14,51 …
14badger — ► NOUN ▪ a heavily built nocturnal mammal, typically having a grey and black coat and a white striped head. ► VERB ▪ repeatedly and annoyingly ask (someone) to do something. ORIGIN perhaps from BADGE(Cf. ↑badge), with reference to the animal s… …
15Badger — For other uses, see Badger (disambiguation). Badger European badger Scientific classification Kingdom …
16badger — /baj euhr/, n. 1. any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia. 2. the fur of this mammal. 3. Australian. a. a wombat. b. bandicoot (def. 2). 4.… …
17Badger — Cet article a pour sujet la commune Badger. Pour une définition du mot « badger », voir l’article badger du Wiktionnaire. Badger Administration Pays …
18badger — badg·er (băj’ər) n. 1) 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. 2) The fur …
19badger — {{11}}badger (n.) 1520s, perhaps from bage badge (see BADGE (Cf. badge)) + ard one who carries some action or possesses some quality, suffix related to M.H.G. hart bold (see ARD (Cf. ard)). If so, the central notion is the badge like white blaze… …
20badger — v. 1) (D; tr.) to badger into (they badgered me into buying a new car) 2) (D; tr.) to badger with (to badger smb. with questions) * * * [ bædʒə] (D; tr.) to badger into (they badgered me into buying a new car) (D; tr.) to badger with (to badger… …
