badger
To pester; to annoy persistently; to pressTo pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
» Mice are afraid of badgers.
Мыши боятся барсуков. — Wezel
Миші бояться борсуків. — deniko
Huskion · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
belästigen, plagen, piesacken
дразни́тьdraznítʹ, беспоко́итьbespokóitʹ, досажда́тьdosaždátʹ
annoy persistently
Examples
31 sentencesMice are afraid of badgers.
Миші бояться борсуків. — deniko
ruМыши боятся барсуков. — Wezel
Tom wouldn't stop badgering me.
Stop badgering me.
deHör auf, mich zu quälen! — freddy1
There are no badgers in this forest.
У цьому лісі немає борсуків. — oromashka
ruВ этом лесу нет барсуков. — Wezel
deIn diesem Wald gibt es keine Dachse. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The badger bit the boy.
Борсук укусив цього хлопця. — deniko
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the aFrom Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.
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Forms
badgers, badgering, badgered, badgeredSynonyms
21 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.