Thesaurus: badger

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1. n. 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.
2. n. 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 (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
3. n. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
4. v. t. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.
5. v. t. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
6. n. a native or resident of Wisconsin
7. n. sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere
8. v. annoy persistently
9. v. persuade through constant efforts
10. 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.] 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 (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu. 2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. Badger dog. (Zoöl.) See Dachshund. 1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently. 2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
11. An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; ahawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who boughtgrain in one place and sold it in another. [Now dialectic, Eng.]
12. n:47/v:53 n. sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere v. persuade through constant efforts