(n) an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.), Example:they checked everyone's badge before letting them in

badge

(n) any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank), Example:wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability

badge

(v) put a badge on, Example:The workers here must be badged

badger

(n) sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

badger

(v) persuade through constant efforts

badgering

(n) the act of harassing someone, Syn. torment, worrying, bedevilment

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Badge

n. [ LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS. bōg- in comp., AS. būgan to bow, bend, G. biegen. See Bow to bend. ] 1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. “Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Badge

v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Badgeless

a. Having no badge. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Badger

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Badgered p. pr. & vb. n. Badgering. ] [ For sense 1, see 2d Badger; for 2, see 1st Badger. ] 1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Badger

n. [ OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge, n. ] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (Meles meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. [ 1913 Webster ]

Badger dog. (Zool.) See Dachshund. [ 1913 Webster ]

Badger

n. [ Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again. ] An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another. [ Now dialectic, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Badgerer

n. 1. One who badgers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of dog used in badger baiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Badger game

. The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Badgering

n. 1. The act of one who badgers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Badger-legged

a. Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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