| NOUN | person | Badger, Wisconsinite | a native or resident of Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | badger | sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws | |
| VERB | emotion | badger, tease, pester, bug, beleaguer | annoy persistently |
| communication | badger | persuade through constant efforts |
| Sounds | bae'jher | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Alger ... wager: 53 rhymes with jher... | |
| Meaning | A native or resident of Wisconsin. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Wisconsinite | |
| Broader | American | A native or inhabitant of the United States |
| Spanish | wisconsinés | |
| Meaning | sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | American badger, Taxidea taxus | A variety of badger native to America |
| Eurasian badger, Meles meles | A variety of badger native to Europe and Asia | |
| ferret badger | small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia | |
| hog badger, hog-nosed badger, sand badger, Arctonyx collaris | southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig | |
| Broader | musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline | fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals |
| Spanish | tejón | |
| Catalan | teixó | |
| Meaning | annoy persistently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot badger Sue | |
| Synonyms | tease, pester, bug, beleaguer | |
| Broader | torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly |
| Spanish | acosar, atormentar, burlar, hostigar, importunar, joder, jorobar, molestar | |
| Catalan | assetjar, atabuixar, burlar, cansar, empaitar, esgotar, fastiguejar, fatigar, molestar | |
| Nouns | badgerer | someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections |
| Meaning | persuade through constant efforts. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They badger him to write the letter | |
| Broader | persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
| Spanish | acosar | |
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