BADGER MEANING IN FRENCH

Definition & Synonyms

• Badger

1. (n.) A brush made of badgers hair, used by artists.
2. (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.
3. (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
4. (n.) 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 (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
5. (n.) 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.

• Badger game

1. () The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure.

• Badger State

1. () Wisconsin; -- a nickname.