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- Dictionarybadger/ˈbadʒə/
noun
- 1. a heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.
- 2. a native of Wisconsin. informal US
verb
- 1. repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester: "Tom had finally badgered her into going"
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BADGER definition: 1. an animal with short legs, wide feet with long claws, and strong jaws, that lives underground…. Learn more.
The meaning of BADGER is any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere. How to use badger in a sentence.
Badger definition: any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.. See examples of BADGER used in a sentence.
Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by their squat bodies and adaptions for fossorial activity.
an animal with short legs, wide feet with long claws, and strong jaws, that lives underground and comes out to feed at night. There are six main types of badgers. Most have narrow faces, heads with light and dark hair, and brown or gray hair on their bodies: The owl's predators include hawks, larger owls, snakes, and badgers.
A badger is an animal that digs tunnels under ground to keep warm. To badger can also mean to persuade someone through constant annoying efforts. You might badger your mom to add another hour to your curfew or badger your friend to give you a turn with a video game he has been hogging.
If you badger someone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions. She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something. American English : badger / ˈbædʒər /
