badger

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea.
2. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
3. (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
4. (in-plural, obsolete) A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
5. (slang) A person who is very fond of cricket.

Verb

To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.

Concepts

blaireau

🦡

harceler

tourmenter

importuner

criailler

insecte

investir

tesson

habitant du Wisconsin

canuler

cavaler

blaireau d’Europe

blaireau européen

achaler

tasson

agacer

taisson

asticoter

déranger

encoubler

enquiquiner

Synonymes

annoy

pester

harass

bother

nag

beleaguer

worry

bug

🐛

Eurasian badger

trouble

torment

bait

get by incessant begging

obtain by incessant begging

tease

ferret

fitch

fret

get at

harry

hassle

heckle

hedgehog

🦔

hound

incommode

inconvenience

infest

irk

jangle

ken

marten

plague

pother

raccoon

🦝

racoon

rib

stoat

tantalise

vex

wheedle

bark at

find fault with

grate on

jar on

ail

European badger

ballyrag

bedevil

bicker

brock

Traductions

Dachs

🦡

tejón

das

🦡

tasso

texugo

🦡

porsuk

🦡

ασβός

teixó

🦡

tais

rabàs

ενοχλώ

belästigen

κουνάβι

molestar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbæd͡ʒə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: bageard

In summary

From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.