NOUN | person | Badger, Wisconsinite | a native or resident of Wisconsin |
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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 | |
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Rhymes | Alger ... wager: 53 rhymes with jher... |
Meaning | A native or resident of Wisconsin. | |
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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. | |
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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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