English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Badger

Badger (n.)

An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

Badger (n.)

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

Badger (n.)

A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.

Badger (v. t.)

To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.

Badger (v. t.)

To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.