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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Badger \Badg"er\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Badgered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Badgering}.] [For sense 1, see 2d {Badger}; for 2, see 1st {Badger}.]
1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.
2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Badger \Badg"er\, noun [Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again.] An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another. [Now dialectic, Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Badger \Badg"er\, noun [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.]
1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({Meles meles} or {Meles vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea taxus} or {Taxidea Americana} or {Taxidea Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See {Teledu}.
2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
{Badger dog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Dachshund}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
badger
noun: sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
verb
1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: {tease}, {pester}, {bug}, {beleaguer}]
2: persuade through constant efforts
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "badger": aggravate, annoy, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, blackmail, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chivy, devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, exact, exasperate, exercise, extort, fash, force from, get, gripe, harass, harry, heckle, hector, hound, irk, levy blackmail, miff, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, pry loose from, rend, rend from, ride, rile, rip, rip from, roil, ruffle, screw, shake down, snatch from, squeeze, tear from, tease, torment, try the patience, tweak the nose, vex, worry, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Badger, IA (city, FIPS 4195) Location: 42.61231 N, 94.14260 W Population (1990): 569 (214 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50516 Badger, MN (city, FIPS 3160) Location: 48.77609 N, 96.02071 W Population (1990): 381 (176 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56714 Badger, SD (town, FIPS 3060) Location: 44.48571 N, 97.20940 W Population (1990): 114 (53 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57214
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Badger, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 610 Housing Units (2000): 232 Land area (2000): 1.691226 sq. miles (4.380256 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.691226 sq. miles (4.380256 sq. km) FIPS code: 04195 Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19 Location: 42.615303 N, 94.144454 W ZIP Codes (1990): 50516 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Badger, IA Badger
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Badger, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota Population (2000): 144 Housing Units (2000): 66 Land area (2000): 1.064676 sq. miles (2.757498 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.064676 sq. miles (2.757498 sq. km) FIPS code: 03060 Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46 Location: 44.485685 N, 97.207380 W ZIP Codes (1990): 57214 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Badger, SD Badger
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Badger, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 470 Housing Units (2000): 228 Land area (2000): 1.332007 sq. miles (3.449882 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.332007 sq. miles (3.449882 sq. km) FIPS code: 03160 Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27 Location: 48.780003 N, 96.016780 W ZIP Codes (1990): 56714 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Badger, MN Badger
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Badger this word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34; Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was covered with badgers' skins; the shoes of women were also made of them (Ezek. 16:10). Our translators seem to have been misled by the similarity in sound of the Hebrew _tachash_ and the Latin _taxus_, "a badger." The revisers have correctly substituted "seal skins." The Arabs of the Sinaitic peninsula apply the name _tucash_ to the seals and dugongs which are common in the Red Sea, and the skins of which are largely used as leather and for sandals. Though the badger is common in Palestine, and might occur in the wilderness, its small hide would have been useless as a tent covering. The dugong, very plentiful in the shallow waters on the shores of the Red Sea, is a marine animal from 12 to 30 feet long, something between a whale and a seal, never leaving the water, but very easily caught. It grazes on seaweed, and is known by naturalists as Halicore tabernaculi.
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