badger

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
2. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
3. (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
4. (obsolete) A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

Verb

To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.

Concepten

das

🦡

plagen

lastigvallen

hekelen

Synoniemen

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

browbeat

bully

bullyrag

cadge

complain

complexify

derange

discommode

disturb

exasperate

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbæd͡ʒə/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.