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Uncommonbadger
The correct spelling is badger.
How to pronounce badger
/ˈbædʒə/
nounIPA: /ˈbædʒə/
Say it like: Baj-r
The correct spelling is badger. Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger). For example: "He kept badgering her about her bad habits."
Usage Examples
“He kept badgering her about her bad habits.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
- 2.A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
- 3.A brush made of badger hair.
- 4.(in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
- 5.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.
verb
- 1.To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
- 2.To pass gas; to fart.
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