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badger

The correct spelling is badger.

How to pronounce badger

/ˈbædʒə/
noun

IPA: /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. 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. 2.A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
  3. 3.A brush made of badger hair.
  4. 4.(in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
  5. 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. 1.To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
  2. 2.To pass gas; to fart.

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