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1 —as in:
badgered her until she agreed

Definition

to nag or bother someone repeatedly — typically to get them to do something

badgering = nagging

Other Uses (with this meaning)

It's not helpful if you belittle and badger her until she is too defensive to rationally discuss the issue.

badger = repeatedly annoy or bother

His face became tight as I badgered him relentlessly.
Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy

badgered = nagged or repeatedly bothered

In English class, everyone badgered Mr. Birkway to finish reading the journal entry that he had begun yesterday, the one about Mrs. Corpse and the body, but Mr. Birkway did not read any more journals.
Sharon Creech -- Walk Two Moons

badgered = nagged or repeatedly bothered

"David," Rudy began, "I'm not going to badger you."
Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy

badger = nag or repeatedly bother

I knew this had to be a dream, but Carlos's badgering made everything real.
Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy

badgering = nagging or repeatedly bothering

On deck I was asked so many questions all at once that one man barked, "Stop badgering him Give him food, medical care, and get him into a bunk."
Theodore Taylor -- The Cay
Then Bella recognized the young man: It was Charles Livingston, the law student Yetta had badgered with her questions about union rights.
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Uprising
But I won't be badgered, Mr. Chairman.
Stephen King -- Carrie
Here: I have had just about enough of being badgered.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman

2 —as in:
saw a badger

Definition

burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

badger = burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Wisconsin is called "The Badger" state because lead miners who settled there in the 1800s spent winter nights burrowed into the hillside.

badger = burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

badger = burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

Where I thought there would be pigs, a badger showed its teeth.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

badger = burrowing mammal with strong claws

Akela, the great gray Lone Wolf, who led all the Pack by strength and cunning, lay out at full length on his rock, and below him sat forty or more wolves of every size and color, from badger-colored veterans who could handle a buck alone to young black three-year-olds who thought they could.
Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book

badger = burrowing mammal with strong claws

Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake surrounding a large letter H. "Hurry up, boy!" shouted Uncle Vernon from the kitchen.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

badger = burrowing mammal with strong claws

Less commonly:

Wisconsin is called the Badger State and its residents may be referred to as Badgers.

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