- badger - sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
--1 is a kind of musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline
--1 has particulars:American badger, Taxidea taxus; Eurasian badger, Meles meles; ferret badger; hog badger, hog-nosed badger, sand badger, Arctonyx collaris
- tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
--1 is one way to torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun badgerer1
Sam cannot badger Sue
- badger - persuade through constant efforts
--2 is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:
They badger him to write the letter