Definitions for Badger

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Badger badg·er

Spelling: [baj-er]

IPA: /ˈbædʒ ər/

Badger is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in Badger (abdegr).

Definitions for Badger

noun

1. any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
2. the fur of this mammal.
3. Australian. a wombat. bandicoot (def 2).
4. (initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Wisconsin (the Badger State) (used as a nickname).
5. a swablike device for cleaning excess mortar from the interiors of newly laid tile drains.

verb (used with object)

1. to harass or urge persistently; pester; nag:

Origin of Badger

1515-25; variant of badgeard, perhaps badge + -ard, in allusion to white mark or badge on head

Examples for Badger

You've got a face like a child, and yet you're as grey as a badger.

badger, a retired U.S. army officer, recalls Loughner pointing a gun at his face.

But I liked what they did with Elliott and Gretchen, the lasers with badger and Skinny Pete.

badger and her boyfriend went out to the garage to wrap presents.

One of the horses lunged forward, stumbling in a badger hole.

badger wasn't the only one who risked his life to stop the carnage.

So they played the game of "badger in the Bag," kicking it around the hall.

When the boy had gone Faust came forth from his hiding like a badger.

It would surprise you to know how many of them badger and threaten us.

Lynette Clark, a leader of the Alaskan Independence Party, said that she was encouraged by the news of out of the badger State.