badgering

2 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

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.