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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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