badger

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If youre bringing in food, make sure it doesnt smell like a dead badger.

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Quick take

a native or resident of Wisconsin

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noun

a native or resident of Wisconsin

noun

sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

verb

annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for badger.

noun

a native or resident of Wisconsin

noun

sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

verb

annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

verb

persuade through constant efforts

Example sentences

If youre bringing in food, make sure it doesnt smell like a dead badger.

Finally I badger my boss into making some inquiries.

I'd love to be able to brew the "Honey badger" or "Sugar glider" from Intelligentsia coffee on my Nespresso!

We are all equals, but men seem to be content to sit back and let the outside world badger us into a box of "manliness" and double standards that negatively affect us based solely on our gender.

I am not claiming that Nicolas's argument was perfect, but he made some extraordinarily salient points and I wish Bradley had addressed those rather than badger him personally for daring to agree.

He proceeded to show up to each of my project meetings, often late and out of context, disagree out loud, offer unsolicited opinions, micromanage, and badger me into implementing his ideas -- thoroughly undermining any ostensible authority I had over the project, or reversing any progress the team had made up to that point.