Badgering

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Badgering \Badg"er*ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who badgers.
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     2. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in
        one place and selling them in another for a profit. [Prov.


        Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Badgered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Badgering}.] [For sense 1, see 2d {Badger}; for 2, see
     1st {Badger}.]
     1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or
        irritate persistently.
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     2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  badgering
       n : the act of harassing someone [syn: {worrying}, {torment}, {bedevilment}]