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badger

 
Noun badger has 1 sense
  1. badger - sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
    --1 is a kind of
    musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline
    --1 has particulars:
     American badger, Taxidea taxus; Eurasian badger, Meles meles; ferret badger; hog badger, hog-nosed badger, sand badger, Arctonyx collaris
Verb badger has 2 senses
  1. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
    --1 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
    Derived form: noun badgerer1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot badger Sue
  2. badger - persuade through constant efforts
    --2 is one way to
    persuade
    Sample sentence:
    They badger him to write the letter
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