badgers

noun

  1. Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).

  2. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.

  3. A brush made of badger hair.

  4. (in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

Synonyms: brock, Wisconsinite

verb

  1. To pester, to annoy persistently; press.

    "He kept badgering her about her bad habits."

  2. To pass gas; to fart.

Synonyms: flatulate

noun

  1. 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.