badger

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

badger [badger badgers] noun, verb BrE [ˈbædʒə(r)] NAmE [ˈbædʒər]
noun
an animal with grey fur and wide black and white lines on its head. Badgers are ↑nocturnal (= active mostly at night) and live in holes in the ground.

Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: perhaps from ↑badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th cent.) originates from the now illegal sport of badger-baiting, where dogs draw a badger from its set and kill it.
 
verb
to put pressure on sb by repeatedly asking them questions or asking them to do sth
Syn: ↑pester
•~ sb (into doing sth) I finally badgered him into coming with us.
•~ sb about sth Reporters constantly badger her about her private life.
•~ sb to do sth His daughter was always badgering him to let her join the club.
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Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: perhaps from ↑badge, with reference to its distinctive head markings. The verb sense (late 18th cent.) originates from the now illegal sport of badger-baiting, where dogs draw a badger from its set and kill it.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Wisconsinite, Badger, tease, pester, bug, beleaguer