Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In England, the practice of buying corn or victuals in one place and selling them in another for profit: once restricted by statute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of one who badgers.
- noun Prov. Eng. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit.
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- verb Present participle of
badger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of harassing someone
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Examples
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Giving an honest answer to repeated badgering from a twunt does not equal boasting.
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I said, nearing the end of what could be called badgering the witness.
You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again Heather McDonald 2010
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And now, the penalty for his method of taking that relief is alienation from his children, relentless badgering from a powerful anti-male bigot, and the presumption of guilt all around.
Subverting Patriarchy: Not just for chicks anymore. « A Bird’s Nest 2007
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Rawlings, laughing at what he called the badgering of the other, just as if he were in a witness-box, he said, "and boys don't carry many letters or documents about them, especially in their trousers 'pockets; at all events, they didn't do so when I was a boy.
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She took extra special jabs at CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric -- who she accuses of being biased, condescending and "badgering" -- and ABC newsman Charles Gibson, who she said appeared bored, patronizing and judgemental as he "peered skeptically" at her from his authoritarian nose-dangling reading glasses.
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Brian37: You wouldn't call it badgering if you lived here.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Matt Ferner 2012
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She chronicled in her new book how "badgering" Katie Couric was because she simply asked Palin what newspapers she readsand Pailn looked dumbfounded.
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Is it any wonder that Palin later accused Couric of "badgering" her, even though all Couric did was ask some fairly innocuous questions and, treading softly, give Palin every opportunity not to embarrass herself?
Michael J.W. Stickings: Sarah Palin, North Korea and the Ego of Ignorance Michael J.W. Stickings 2010
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Is it any wonder that Palin later accused Couric of "badgering" her, even though all Couric did was ask some fairly innocuous questions and, treading softly, give Palin every opportunity not to embarrass herself?
Michael J.W. Stickings: Sarah Palin, North Korea and the Ego of Ignorance Michael J.W. Stickings 2010
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Is it any wonder that Palin later accused Couric of "badgering" her, even though all Couric did was ask some fairly innocuous questions and, treading softly, give Palin every opportunity not to embarrass herself?
Michael J.W. Stickings: Sarah Palin, North Korea and the Ego of Ignorance Michael J.W. Stickings 2010
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