badger
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- Regno Unito//ˈbæd͡ʒə//
- Stati Uniti//ˈbæd͡ʒɚ//
Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
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Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
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A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
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obsoletoA brush made of badger hair.
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obsoletoA gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
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gergoA person who is very fond of cricket.
Etimologia
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.
verbo
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To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
"Yeah? Cool. Just a warning: people are going to badger you about that. It's practically inevitable for gay trans people."
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obsoletoAn itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker or huckster; especially one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Etimologia
Unknown Possibly from bagger. "Baggier" is cited by the OED in 1467-8.
Forme
- plurale
- badgers
- passato
- badgered
- participio passato
- badgered
- participio presente
- badgering
- 3ª persona singolare
- badgers
badger · Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
Badger · A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin.badly · In a bad manner.bae · Darling (term of endearment).