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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23 Moby Thesaurus words for "badgered": baited, bedeviled, beset, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled, dogged, harassed, harried, heckled, hectored, hounded, needled, nipped at, persecuted, pestered, picked on, plagued, ragged, teased, tormented, worried