badgers

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Noun badger has 1 sense

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

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
badger - persuade through constant efforts
--₂ is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:
They badger him to write the letter

badger antonyms badger dog badger skunk badger state badgercare badgered badgerer badgering badgers badges badh badigeonnage badillo badinage bading badlam badland

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