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badger(2) (iou)



badger noun2 & verb. E16.
[Perh. from BADGE noun + -ARD, with ref. to the distinctive head-markings.]
A. noun.
A nocturnal burrowing Eurasian mammal, Meles meles, of the weasel family, having a grey coat and distinctive white facial stripes. E16.
draw the badger fig. entice one's opponent into the open.
b. Any of various animals of similar appearance or habits; esp. (a) the related N. American badger, Taxidea taxus; (b) Austral. the wombat. M17.
honey-badger: see HONEY noun. stinking badger: see STINKING adjective.
A brush, or a fishing-fly, made of badger's hair. L18.
Comb.: badger-baiting, badger-drawing setting dogs to draw a badger from its set or from a cask; badger game slang luring men into (esp. sexually) compromising situations in order to blackmail them; Badger State US Wisconsin.
b. verb trans. Bait or pester as a dog does a badger; torment, tease, nag. L18.
F. O'Connor She began to badger him about his health. C. Ryan Badgered by Field Marshal Model to capture the Arnhem bridge quickly. L. van der Post I could easily have been talked, badgered and teased out of my belief.
badgerer noun (a) a dog used for badger-baiting; (b) a person who badgers another: L19.