badger
IPA: bˈædʒɝ
noun
- Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
- A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
- (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
- (in the plural, obsolete, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
- (obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
- A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin.
- A village in Shropshire, England.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A child member of the St John Ambulance medical volunteering organisation.
verb
- To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
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Examples of "badger" in Sentences
- I smelt like a badger.
- I think the cattle would trample the badger.
- Other inedibles were the otter and the badger.
- He has campaigned for the protection of the badger.
- The badger and the bear have been asking questions.
- Badger signalled to the judges to declare the race void.
- The badger mascot was adopted by the University of Wisconsin in 1889.
- The badger maid and her allies then joined the battle at the mountain.
- Concentrate on editing and leave the bullying and badgering to the kids.
- The badger is also the mascot of the University of Wisconsin's athletic teams.
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