badger

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

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

Traducións

Dachs

🦡

blaireau

🦡

tejón

das

🦡

tasso

texugo

🦡

porsuk

🦡

ασβός

teixó

🦡

tais

ενοχλώ

rabàs

belästigen

Taxidea

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈbæd͡ʒə/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: 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.