badger

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.1.4 See also 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbædʒə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbædʒɚ/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ædʒə(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English bageard (“‘marked by a badge’”), from bage (“‘badge’”), from Anglo-Norman bage (“‘emblem’”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze.

[edit] Noun

badger (plural badgers)

1. A common name for 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 of Wisconsin.
3. (plural, vulgar, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

[edit] Synonyms

• (native or resident of Wisconsin): Wisconsinite

[edit] Derived terms

• American badger
• European badger
• ferret-badger
• hog badger
• honey badger
• stink badger

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[edit] See also

• sett, set
• Wikipedia article on badgers
• Appendix: Animals

Collective nouns

• cete
• colony
• Appendix: Collective nouns

[edit] Verb

to badger (third-person singular simple present badgers, present participle badgering, simple past and past participle badgered)

1. To pester, to annoy persistently.

   He kept badgering her about her bad habits.

2. (British, informal) To pass gas; to fart.

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• See also Wikisaurus:flatulate

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[edit] Etymology 2

badge + -er

[edit] Noun

badger (plural badgers)

1. A person who makes badges.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abdegr
• barged
• garbed