badger
noun
any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
badgered
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past participleof badger.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof badger.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
badgernounany of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
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In another encounter, he says, a woman appeared to have been "badgered into it".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Later headlines would say that Solanas believed Warhol “controlled her life” and that he had “legal claim” over her self-published writing, which she frequently badgered him to read.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
Although she performed as a hostess in Washington—she preferred it greatly to Albany—she badgered Seward almost constantly to give up politics and settle for a quiet life lawyering in Auburn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
For months, Meta’s algorithm badgered me to buy a little piece of plastic mounted on a magnet.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
Mom felt that Grandma Smith nagged and badgered, setting rules and punishments for breaking the rules.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
