badger
[verb]
Synonyms: pester, bully, goad, harass, hound, importune, nag, plague, torment

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Related Words: plague, tease, worry

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. bad‧ger¹ /ˈbædʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from badge; because of the white marks on its head]
an animal that has black and white fur, lives in holes in the ground, and is active at night

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II. badger² verb [transitive]
to try to persuade someone by asking them something several times Synonym : pester:
She badgered me for weeks until I finally gave in.
badger somebody to do something
My friends keep badgering me to get a cell phone.
badger somebody into doing something
I had to badger the kids into doing their homework.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

badger
to get someone to do something by repeated questions or by bothering them
I always have to badger my friend in order to make him return my computer games.

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