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- Dictionarybadger/ˈbadʒə/
noun
- 1. a heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.
- 2. a native of Wisconsin. informal US
verb
- 1. repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester: "Tom had finally badgered her into going"
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BADGER definition: 1. an animal with short legs, wide feet with long claws, and strong jaws, that lives underground…. Learn more.
The meaning of BADGER is any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere. How to use badger in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Badger.
an animal with short legs, wide feet with long claws, and strong jaws, that lives underground and comes out to feed at night. There are six main types of badgers. Most have narrow faces, heads with light and dark hair, and brown or gray hair on their bodies:
Badger definition: any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.. See examples of BADGER used in a sentence.
Badgers have rather short, wide bodies, with short legs for digging. They have elongated, weasel-like heads with small ears. Their tails vary in length depending on species; the stink badger has a very short tail, while the ferret-badger's tail can be 46–51 cm (18–20 in) long, depending on age.
If you badger someone, you get under their skin. A badger is an animal that digs tunnels under ground to keep warm. To badger can also mean to persuade someone through constant annoying efforts. You might badger your mom to add another hour to your curfew or badger your friend to give you a turn with a video game he has been hogging.
BADGER definition: a wild animal with thick black and white fur that lives under the ground and comes out at night. Learn more.
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 or hair of any of these mammals. 3. Any of several similar mammals, such as the ratel.
A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
Badger definition: Any of several carnivorous burrowing mammals of the family Mustelidae, such as <i>Meles meles</i> of Eurasia or <i>Taxidea taxus</i> of North America, having short legs, long claws on the front feet, and a heavy grizzled coat.
