badger

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws;
widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
• Hypernyms:
musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline
• Hyponyms:
American badger, Taxidea taxus, Eurasian badger, Meles meles, ferret badger,
hog badger, hog-nosed badger, sand badger, Arctonyx collaris

II - verb

1. annoy persistently (Freq. 2)
- The children teased the boy because of his stammer
• Syn:
tease, pester, bug, beleaguer
• Derivationally related forms:
pesterer (for: pester), badgerer, tease (for: tease), teaser (for: tease)
• Hypernyms:
torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot badger Sue
2. persuade through constant efforts
• Hypernyms:
persuade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- They badger him to write the letter

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