Definition of badger Badger
/bæˈʤɚ/ - [batjer] - badg•er
We found 21 definitions of badger from 8 different sources.
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What does badger mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: badgers |
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| badger - sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere | ||
| mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals | ||
| american badger, taxidea taxus a variety of badger native to America | ||
| eurasian badger, meles meles a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia | ||
| ferret badger small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia | ||
| badger - a native or resident of Wisconsin | ||
| Wisconsinite, Badger | ||
Verb |
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| badger - persuade through constant efforts | ||
| persuade cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" | ||
| badger - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" | ||
| tease, pester, bug, beleaguer | ||
| bedevil, frustrate, torment, crucify, dun, rag torment emotionally or mentally | ||
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Wiktionary 
- badger (Noun)
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 . - badger (Noun)
A native or resident of the American State of Wisconsin. - badger (Noun)
A brush made of badger hair. - badger (Noun)
A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered. - badger (Noun)
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. - badger (Verb)
To pester, to annoy persistently. - badger (Verb)
To pass gas ; to fart.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- badger (n.)
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. - badger (n.)
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu. - badger (n.)
A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. - badger (v. t.)
To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently. - badger (v. t.)
To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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badger
Any of several carnivorous burrowing animals of the family Mustelidae.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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badger
baj′ėr, n. a burrowing, nocturnal, hibernating animal about the size of a fox, eagerly hunted by dogs.—v.t. to pursue with eagerness, as dogs hunt the badger: to pester or worry.—ns. Badg′er-bait′ing, the sport of setting dogs to draw out a badger from its hole; Badg′er-dog, a long-bodied and short-legged dog used in drawing the badger—the Ger. dachshund.—adj. Badg′er-legged, having legs of unequal length, as the badger was vulgarly supposed to have.—adv. Badg′erly, like a badger: grayish-haired, elderly.—To overdraw one's badger, to overdraw one's banking account. [Prob. from Badge and suffix -ard, in reference to the white mark borne like a badge on its forehead. Derivations connecting the word with O. Fr. blaier, thus meaning 'little corn hoarder,' in allusion to a popular notion about the animal's habits, seem to be erroneous.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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badger
To tease or confound by frivolous orders.
Wikipedia 
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American Badgers (Taxidea taxus) are animals found primarily in the Great Plains area of North America.
Physical Description.
American Badgers measure 520 to 875 mm from head to tail, with the tail making up only 100 to 155 mm of this length. The badgers weigh 4 to 12 kg. The body is flattened, and the legs are short and stocky. The fur on the back and flanks of the animal ranges from greyish to reddish. The ventrum is a buffy colour. The face of the badger is distinct. The throat and chin are whitish, and the face has black patches. A white dorsal stripe extends back over the head from the nose. In northern populations, this stripe ends near the shoulders. In southern populations, however, it continues over the back to the rump. Males are significantly larger than females and animals from northern populations are larger than those from southern populations.
Habitat.
American Badgers prefer to live in dry, open grasslands, fields, and pastures. They are found in many different places from high alpine meadows to sea level.
Behaviour.
American Badgers are excellent digging machines. Their powerfully built forelimbs allow them to tunnel rapidly through the soil, and apparently through other harder substances as well. There are anecdotal accounts of badgers emerging from holes they have excavated through blacktopped pavement and two inch thick concrete. They can be very violent creatures.
Food Habits.
Badgers are carnivorous. Their dominant prey are pocket gophers, ground squirre
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