badger

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an animal with short legs, wide feet with long claws, and strong jaws, that lives underground and comes out to feed at night. There are six main types of badger. Most have narrow faces, heads with light and dark hair, and brown or grey hair on their bodies:

The owl's predators include hawks, larger owls, snakes, and badgers.

We saw a fairly large black creature with a streak of white - a badger.

to persuade someone by telling them repeatedly to do something, or to question someone repeatedly:

Stop badgering me - I'll do it when I'm ready.

[ + into + -ing verb ] She's been badgering me into doing some exercise.

[ + to infinitive ] Every time we go into a shop, the kids badger me to buy them sweets.

an animal that digs holes in the ground, where it lives, and comes out at night to feed

to annoy someone by repeatedly asking questions or telling the person to do something:

He badgered officials at the American Embassy to help.