Definition of badger in English:

badger

noun ˈbadʒə

1A heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.
獾
Several genera and species in the family Mustelidae, in particular the Eurasian Meles meles, which has a white head with two black stripes, and the North American Taxidea taxus, with a white stripe on the head
Example sentencesExamples
- Foxes, red squirrels, badgers, hares, otters, Scottish wild cats, seals and bottle-nose dolphins can be seen if you have the dedication to find them.
- Over the years, game species, such as moose and bighorn sheep, and other creatures, such as badgers and river otters, were killed in appalling numbers.
- It didn't take long before the spilt food attracted mice, and the mice attracted badgers, and the badgers attracted crazy porcupine things that we call Critters.
- The weasel family includes such colourful characters as otters, wolverines, skunks, minks and badgers.
- A little higher off the forest floor, they can tick red squirrels, badgers, otters and foxes off their nature checklist, and if they are lucky, spot herds of red deer bounding over the hillside.
- I thought they were skinny badgers or fat weasels.
- I was born in this house and as a boy, I remember often seeing foxes, badgers and weasels around the place.
- Both animals are related species and are members of the Mustelid family, which also includes mink, badgers and weasels.
- The badger, by contrast, is of the weasel family Mustelidae, order Carnivora.
- But magistrates also heard no licence was applied for by Barratts to protect the badgers under the 1992 Badgers Act.
- They are carnivores like the stoat, weasel, otter and badger.
- A badger's coat looks grey, but the individual hairs are black and white.
- This is certainly the case with one of my favourite mammals - the badger.
- The old prison is now a museum, and the nearby wildlife park has rare Scottish wildcats as well as silver foxes, badgers, deer and wallabies.
- Prairie dogs also provide food for the swift fox, the coyote, weasels, snakes, badgers, hawks and golden eagles as well as crucial habitat for many other native plants and animals.
- They do, however, both belong to the same Mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks and otters, and that's close enough for us.
- Raccoons, civets, jackals, badgers, skunks, and bears also eat fruit, honey, seeds, roots, and other plant foods.
- In their search for food, most of which is comprised of burrowing rodents, badgers tear up large areas of earth with powerful digging claws on their forefeet.
- Wrens, ferrets, weasels, badgers, birds of prey, horses' heads and stoats are just a few of the creatures that populate the workshop at the back of his home in Delavale Road, Winchcombe.
- Pocket gophers, gopher tortoises, ants, badgers, prairie dogs, wild pigs, and grizzly bears are just a few of the animals that can alter ecological structure and function.
2BadgerUS informal A native of Wisconsin.

verb ˈbadʒəˈbædʒər

[with object]

Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.
纠缠；困扰
Tom had finally badgered her into going
汤姆缠得她终于去了。
journalists badgered him about the deals
记者们就那几笔交易不停地纠缠他。
with object and infinitive his daughter was always badgering him to let her join
Example sentencesExamples
- My guess is, that clerk didn't feel stupid about it at all, until the Times reporter started badgering him.
- He hated his mother for physically and mentally badgering him to fulfil her wishes.
- Not long after Thompson scored, O'Neill started badgering his team from the sideline, a process that never really relented until the end.
- My husband had been badgering me for months to tie up some savings in the bonds.
- The friend that's always badgering you about why you're upset, the brother that wants an account of every boy his sister hangs out with.
- When a grade six friend wrote an essay about the computer work his brother was doing down the road at the University of Waterloo, Stumpf badgered the friend's brother into taking him along to the university.
- A great idea, except it doesn't really matter, because nobody minds if you betray them or not - next time, they'll still be badgering you for help.
- Above all, though, I've constantly badgered my husband, friends and colleagues asking: ‘What's the time?’
- On the night of the shooting, Jaw had been badgering her about her past relationships and insisted on seeing copies of recent e-mails.
- Every Friday, the Boy tried to start his homework right when he got back, since the Twin always badgered him to, but it never worked.
- To those press people and television reporters badgering me, it was easy for them to talk about George in the past tense even as he lay on a hospital bed.
- You can almost see the foam dripping from their mouths as they behave like lawyers badgering a witness.
- Dad's been badgering me to get a webcam for ages - since I arrived in Japan, actually - so we could videoconference with each other.
- How many nine-year-olds can be bothered to empathise with the serving staff in the local mall, when their time could be much more profitably filled by badgering their parents for junk food?
- This is merely badgering the witness and editorialising, so you know, Senator, on both grounds your propositions are out of order.
- He says he was only cajoled into being a public figure by his wife and son badgering him to avoid the silent comforts of the library.
- Is the News of the World suggesting that the BBC should have released his name sooner so that other journalists could start badgering him earlier over the affair?
- But I have, for a long time, called him Badger, for his propensity of badgering and harassing young women with whom he fancies himself in love.
- He's been badgering us for about five minutes now with his wretched droning, and if I'm exposed to much more of it I'm going to bite someone.
- There is no mind-jarring pop music to shred your thoughts and, more importantly, no irksome rash of timeshare touts badgering you to buy a dream in the sun.
Synonyms
pester, harass, bother, plague, torment, hound, nag, chivvy, harry, keep on at, go on at, harp on at, keep after, importune, annoy, trouble

Origin

Early 16th century: perhaps from badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th century) originates from the sport of badger-baiting.

Badger is probably based on badge (a LME word of unknown origin), with reference to the animal's distinctive facial markings. Use as a verb arose in the late 18th century and reflects the popularity at that time of badger-baiting, a pastime where badgers were drawn from their setts by dogs and killed for sport (illegal in the UK since 1830). The alternative name brock is a use of the Old English word for badger, one of the few words the Anglo-Saxons adopted from Celtic.

Rhymes

cadger

Definition of badger in US English:

badger

verbˈbajərˈbædʒər

[with object]

Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.
纠缠；困扰
Tom had finally badgered her into going
汤姆缠得她终于去了。
journalists badgered him about the deals
记者们就那几笔交易不停地纠缠他。
with object and infinitive his daughter was always badgering him to let her join
Example sentencesExamples
- He's been badgering us for about five minutes now with his wretched droning, and if I'm exposed to much more of it I'm going to bite someone.
- Above all, though, I've constantly badgered my husband, friends and colleagues asking: ‘What's the time?’
- Dad's been badgering me to get a webcam for ages - since I arrived in Japan, actually - so we could videoconference with each other.
- Every Friday, the Boy tried to start his homework right when he got back, since the Twin always badgered him to, but it never worked.
- Is the News of the World suggesting that the BBC should have released his name sooner so that other journalists could start badgering him earlier over the affair?
- Not long after Thompson scored, O'Neill started badgering his team from the sideline, a process that never really relented until the end.
- But I have, for a long time, called him Badger, for his propensity of badgering and harassing young women with whom he fancies himself in love.
- He says he was only cajoled into being a public figure by his wife and son badgering him to avoid the silent comforts of the library.
- My husband had been badgering me for months to tie up some savings in the bonds.
- How many nine-year-olds can be bothered to empathise with the serving staff in the local mall, when their time could be much more profitably filled by badgering their parents for junk food?
- A great idea, except it doesn't really matter, because nobody minds if you betray them or not - next time, they'll still be badgering you for help.
- My guess is, that clerk didn't feel stupid about it at all, until the Times reporter started badgering him.
- When a grade six friend wrote an essay about the computer work his brother was doing down the road at the University of Waterloo, Stumpf badgered the friend's brother into taking him along to the university.
- On the night of the shooting, Jaw had been badgering her about her past relationships and insisted on seeing copies of recent e-mails.
- He hated his mother for physically and mentally badgering him to fulfil her wishes.
- You can almost see the foam dripping from their mouths as they behave like lawyers badgering a witness.
- The friend that's always badgering you about why you're upset, the brother that wants an account of every boy his sister hangs out with.
- There is no mind-jarring pop music to shred your thoughts and, more importantly, no irksome rash of timeshare touts badgering you to buy a dream in the sun.
- To those press people and television reporters badgering me, it was easy for them to talk about George in the past tense even as he lay on a hospital bed.
- This is merely badgering the witness and editorialising, so you know, Senator, on both grounds your propositions are out of order.
Synonyms
pester, harass, bother, plague, torment, hound, nag, chivvy, harry, keep on at, go on at, harp on at, keep after, importune, annoy, trouble

Origin

Early 16th century: perhaps from badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th century) originates from the sport of badger baiting.

词汇	badger
释义	Definition of badger in English: badger noun ˈbadʒə 1A heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat. 獾 Several genera and species in the family Mustelidae, in particular the Eurasian Meles meles, which has a white head with two black stripes, and the North American Taxidea taxus, with a white stripe on the head Example sentencesExamples Foxes, red squirrels, badgers, hares, otters, Scottish wild cats, seals and bottle-nose dolphins can be seen if you have the dedication to find them. Over the years, game species, such as moose and bighorn sheep, and other creatures, such as badgers and river otters, were killed in appalling numbers. It didn't take long before the spilt food attracted mice, and the mice attracted badgers, and the badgers attracted crazy porcupine things that we call Critters. The weasel family includes such colourful characters as otters, wolverines, skunks, minks and badgers. A little higher off the forest floor, they can tick red squirrels, badgers, otters and foxes off their nature checklist, and if they are lucky, spot herds of red deer bounding over the hillside. I thought they were skinny badgers or fat weasels. I was born in this house and as a boy, I remember often seeing foxes, badgers and weasels around the place. Both animals are related species and are members of the Mustelid family, which also includes mink, badgers and weasels. The badger, by contrast, is of the weasel family Mustelidae, order Carnivora. But magistrates also heard no licence was applied for by Barratts to protect the badgers under the 1992 Badgers Act. They are carnivores like the stoat, weasel, otter and badger. A badger's coat looks grey, but the individual hairs are black and white. This is certainly the case with one of my favourite mammals - the badger. The old prison is now a museum, and the nearby wildlife park has rare Scottish wildcats as well as silver foxes, badgers, deer and wallabies. Prairie dogs also provide food for the swift fox, the coyote, weasels, snakes, badgers, hawks and golden eagles as well as crucial habitat for many other native plants and animals. They do, however, both belong to the same Mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks and otters, and that's close enough for us. Raccoons, civets, jackals, badgers, skunks, and bears also eat fruit, honey, seeds, roots, and other plant foods. In their search for food, most of which is comprised of burrowing rodents, badgers tear up large areas of earth with powerful digging claws on their forefeet. Wrens, ferrets, weasels, badgers, birds of prey, horses' heads and stoats are just a few of the creatures that populate the workshop at the back of his home in Delavale Road, Winchcombe. Pocket gophers, gopher tortoises, ants, badgers, prairie dogs, wild pigs, and grizzly bears are just a few of the animals that can alter ecological structure and function. 2BadgerUS informal A native of Wisconsin. verb ˈbadʒəˈbædʒər [with object] Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester. 纠缠；困扰 Tom had finally badgered her into going 汤姆缠得她终于去了。 journalists badgered him about the deals 记者们就那几笔交易不停地纠缠他。 with object and infinitive his daughter was always badgering him to let her join Example sentencesExamples My guess is, that clerk didn't feel stupid about it at all, until the Times reporter started badgering him. He hated his mother for physically and mentally badgering him to fulfil her wishes. Not long after Thompson scored, O'Neill started badgering his team from the sideline, a process that never really relented until the end. My husband had been badgering me for months to tie up some savings in the bonds. The friend that's always badgering you about why you're upset, the brother that wants an account of every boy his sister hangs out with. When a grade six friend wrote an essay about the computer work his brother was doing down the road at the University of Waterloo, Stumpf badgered the friend's brother into taking him along to the university. A great idea, except it doesn't really matter, because nobody minds if you betray them or not - next time, they'll still be badgering you for help. Above all, though, I've constantly badgered my husband, friends and colleagues asking: ‘What's the time?’ On the night of the shooting, Jaw had been badgering her about her past relationships and insisted on seeing copies of recent e-mails. Every Friday, the Boy tried to start his homework right when he got back, since the Twin always badgered him to, but it never worked. To those press people and television reporters badgering me, it was easy for them to talk about George in the past tense even as he lay on a hospital bed. You can almost see the foam dripping from their mouths as they behave like lawyers badgering a witness. Dad's been badgering me to get a webcam for ages - since I arrived in Japan, actually - so we could videoconference with each other. How many nine-year-olds can be bothered to empathise with the serving staff in the local mall, when their time could be much more profitably filled by badgering their parents for junk food? This is merely badgering the witness and editorialising, so you know, Senator, on both grounds your propositions are out of order. He says he was only cajoled into being a public figure by his wife and son badgering him to avoid the silent comforts of the library. Is the News of the World suggesting that the BBC should have released his name sooner so that other journalists could start badgering him earlier over the affair? But I have, for a long time, called him Badger, for his propensity of badgering and harassing young women with whom he fancies himself in love. He's been badgering us for about five minutes now with his wretched droning, and if I'm exposed to much more of it I'm going to bite someone. There is no mind-jarring pop music to shred your thoughts and, more importantly, no irksome rash of timeshare touts badgering you to buy a dream in the sun. Synonyms pester, harass, bother, plague, torment, hound, nag, chivvy, harry, keep on at, go on at, harp on at, keep after, importune, annoy, trouble Origin Early 16th century: perhaps from badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th century) originates from the sport of badger-baiting. Badger is probably based on badge (a LME word of unknown origin), with reference to the animal's distinctive facial markings. Use as a verb arose in the late 18th century and reflects the popularity at that time of badger-baiting, a pastime where badgers were drawn from their setts by dogs and killed for sport (illegal in the UK since 1830). The alternative name brock is a use of the Old English word for badger, one of the few words the Anglo-Saxons adopted from Celtic. Rhymes cadger Definition of badger in US English: badger verbˈbajərˈbædʒər [with object] Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester. 纠缠；困扰 Tom had finally badgered her into going 汤姆缠得她终于去了。 journalists badgered him about the deals 记者们就那几笔交易不停地纠缠他。 with object and infinitive his daughter was always badgering him to let her join Example sentencesExamples He's been badgering us for about five minutes now with his wretched droning, and if I'm exposed to much more of it I'm going to bite someone. Above all, though, I've constantly badgered my husband, friends and colleagues asking: ‘What's the time?’ Dad's been badgering me to get a webcam for ages - since I arrived in Japan, actually - so we could videoconference with each other. Every Friday, the Boy tried to start his homework right when he got back, since the Twin always badgered him to, but it never worked. Is the News of the World suggesting that the BBC should have released his name sooner so that other journalists could start badgering him earlier over the affair? Not long after Thompson scored, O'Neill started badgering his team from the sideline, a process that never really relented until the end. But I have, for a long time, called him Badger, for his propensity of badgering and harassing young women with whom he fancies himself in love. He says he was only cajoled into being a public figure by his wife and son badgering him to avoid the silent comforts of the library. My husband had been badgering me for months to tie up some savings in the bonds. How many nine-year-olds can be bothered to empathise with the serving staff in the local mall, when their time could be much more profitably filled by badgering their parents for junk food? A great idea, except it doesn't really matter, because nobody minds if you betray them or not - next time, they'll still be badgering you for help. My guess is, that clerk didn't feel stupid about it at all, until the Times reporter started badgering him. When a grade six friend wrote an essay about the computer work his brother was doing down the road at the University of Waterloo, Stumpf badgered the friend's brother into taking him along to the university. On the night of the shooting, Jaw had been badgering her about her past relationships and insisted on seeing copies of recent e-mails. He hated his mother for physically and mentally badgering him to fulfil her wishes. You can almost see the foam dripping from their mouths as they behave like lawyers badgering a witness. The friend that's always badgering you about why you're upset, the brother that wants an account of every boy his sister hangs out with. There is no mind-jarring pop music to shred your thoughts and, more importantly, no irksome rash of timeshare touts badgering you to buy a dream in the sun. To those press people and television reporters badgering me, it was easy for them to talk about George in the past tense even as he lay on a hospital bed. This is merely badgering the witness and editorialising, so you know, Senator, on both grounds your propositions are out of order. Synonyms pester, harass, bother, plague, torment, hound, nag, chivvy, harry, keep on at, go on at, harp on at, keep after, importune, annoy, trouble Origin Early 16th century: perhaps from badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th century) originates from the sport of badger baiting.
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