badger

1. 1.

   annoy persistently

   “The children teased the boy because of his stammer”

   Synonymsteasepesterbugbeleaguer

   Broadertorment
2. 2.

   persuade through constant efforts

   Broaderpersuade

Other forms of badger

plural

badgers·

past tense

badgerred·

present participle

badgerring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about badger

What does badger mean?

badger means "a native or resident of Wisconsin". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in badger?

badger has 2 syllables: bad-ger. The stress falls on "bad". In IPA it is /ˈbædʒɚ/.

What is another word for badger?

Close synonyms include Wisconsinite, tease, pester, bug, beleaguer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is badger a common word?

badger is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.