badger UK /ˈbæd͡ʒə/US /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals. •A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin. •(slang) A person who is very fond of cricket. •(no longer used) A brush made of badger hair. •(no longer used) 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. •[in the plural] (no longer used) A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered. verb1 •To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.He kept badgering her about her bad habits. formsbadgered · badgering · badgers
Badger UK /ˈbæd͡ʒə/US /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ noun2 •A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin. •A child member of the St John Ambulance medical volunteering organisation. formsBadgers