Badger

Word BADGER
Character 6
Hyphenation badg er
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Definitions and meanings of "Badger"

What do we mean by badger?

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. noun

The fur or hair of any of these mammals. noun

Any of several similar mammals, such as the ratel. noun

To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester: synonym: harass. transitive verb

A badgeman; one entitled or required by law to wear a badge, as the police, licensed porters, and others. noun

To attack, as the badger is attacked when being drawn or baited; bait; worry; pester.

To beat down in a bargain.

Synonyms Pester, Worry, etc. See tease.

An erroneous translation, in the English version of the Bible, of the Hebrew tahash, an animal whose skins are mentioned 13 times in the Old Testament as coverings for the ark of the covenant, the table of showbread, and the tabernacle itself, and once (in Ezek. xvi. 10) as a material for the shoes or sandals worn by women. noun

In Australia, the bandicoot, Perameles, and, rarely, the rock-kangaroo, Petrogale. noun

A soldier who wears short whiskers. noun

In angling, an artificial fly having a hackle of badger cock with a dark-brown, nearly black center and cream-colored points. noun

A fossorial plantigrade carnivorous mammal, of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Melinæ. noun

An artists' brush made of badgers' hair, used for blending or causing the pigments to melt or shade into one another and for imparting smoothness. A flat brush used for removing dust from a polished surface in some photographic and other chemical operations, etc. noun

The Lutraria vulgaris, a common conchiferous or bivalve mollusk of northern Europe. It is especially used as bait for the cod. noun

A sobriquet of a resident of Wisconsin, called the Badger State, in allusion to the abundance of badgers in it. noun

One who buys corn and other provisions to sell them elsewhere; a hawker; a huckster; a cadger. 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. noun

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 (Meles meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See teledu. noun

A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. noun

Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).

A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.

A brush made of badger hair.

(in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

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The word "badger" in example sentences

_European badger and Glutton_; and in the south, the _Indian badger_; while in the Himalaya chain dwells another animal, closely allied to the badgers, called the _Wha_ or _Panda_. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

He'll produce a badger from a sack, and he'll proceed to stuff the badger down his pants. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I often come down this lane at night, slowly, in case a badger is scurrying into the bank or a hare making off for the open fields, and in the early autumn the steep perspective here gives the full moon the look of an enormous poacher's lantern hanging up in the trees. ❋ Peter Ashley (2008)

There's plenty to choose from with Vietnam being top of his list but he stops short of anything too radical and releases a badger from the local zoo instead. ❋ Unknown (2007)

With the political integrity, which has become this governments ‘leit motif’, Darling responded belatedly to outrage of our brave lads and lasses were living in badger sets He promised of £80 million of brand new shiny unaccounted-for money. ❋ Newmania (2007)

States, for the animal there sometimes called a badger is the ground-hog, or Maryland marmot (_Arctomys monax_). ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

(among the Indians a coward is often called a badger) he hissed; and he struck the suppliant down before him. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Google Trends shows a steep climb in searches for the term "honey badger" starting in February, rising into this month. ❋ Rachel Bachman (2011)

"You might as well call a badger civilized, then," said Thrower. ❋ Unknown (2010)

BEHAR: We found out during the break that a badger is a weasel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He is known as the badger because of his white hair and black eyebrows. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A badger is a kind of pig, I believe; but I am not going to give them the right to call me that. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Look here, you kids," said Brown, loftily, "who are you calling a badger? ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)

It's a truly excellent comic, LOTS of archive, great storylines, amazing bits of humor (the bees and the badger are my favorite so far and I am SO not explaining that), and a lot of historical accuracy and interesting geeky details. ❋ Jaxraven (2007)

Back to ProgDay, also known as badger gets more sun in two days than he does for the rest of the year, for the second and last day of the festival. ❋ Badger (2006)

A badger is a most desperate fighter, and an overmatch for a coyote, his hide being very thick and his form so squat and strong that it is hard to break his back or legs, while his sharp teeth grip like a steel trap. ❋ Unknown (1885)

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