Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

badger

2 verb
     
badger2 [transitive]
to try to persuade someone by asking them something several times [= pester]:
She badgered me for weeks until I finally gave in.
badger somebody to do something
My friends keep badgering me to get a cell phone.
badger somebody into doing something
I had to badger the kids into doing their homework.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary