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

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. [ 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 ]

Badger State

. Wisconsin; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

獾

[獾, huān] badger #19668

猹

[猹, chá] Badger-like wild animal #294869

貆

[貆, huán] badger

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

せがむ

[segamu] (v5m, vt) to badger (pester) (a person to do); (P)

アメリカ穴熊

[アメリカあなぐま, amerika anaguma] (n) (uk) American badger (Taxidea taxus)

穴熊;貛(oK)

[あなぐま;アナグマ, anaguma ; anaguma] (n) (1) (uk) badger; (2) (uk) Eurasian badger (Meles meles); (3) (abbr) (See 穴熊囲い, 将棋) defensive opening for shogi

穴熊囲い

[あなぐまがこい, anagumagakoi] (n) defensive opening for shogi ("badger" or "anaguma" castle)

古狸

[ふるだぬき, furudanuki] (n) old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox

狐狸

[こり, kori] (n) foxes and badgers; sly fellow

狐狸妖怪

[こりようかい, koriyoukai] (n) foxes and badgers (which used to be believed to bewitch humans) and all sorts of bogies; a sly fellow who does evil by stealth

日本穴熊

[にほんあなぐま;ニホンアナグマ, nihon'anaguma ; nihon'anaguma] (n) (uk) (See アナグマ・1) Japanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)

美人局

[つつもたせ(gikun), tsutsumotase (gikun)] (n) scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game

蜜穴熊

[みつあなぐま;ミツアナグマ, mitsuanaguma ; mitsuanaguma] (n) (uk) (obsc) (See ラーテル) honey badger (Mellivora capensis)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Dachshetze { f }

badger baiting

Dachs { m } [ zool. ] | Dachse { pl }

badger | badgers

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