badger
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea.
- 2.
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
- 3.
(obsolete)A brush made of badger hair.
- 4.
(in plural, obsolete)(in the plural, obsolete, cant) A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
- 5.
(slang)(slang, cricket) A person who is very fond of cricket.
- 6.
(obsolete)An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker or huckster; especially one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
Đồng nghĩa: bait, hound, badger, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, persecute, bug, devil, beset, chevy, give someone grief, harass, harry, hound, pester, pick at, plague, vex
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From Middle English bageard (marked by a badge), from bage (badge), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from brocc.