badgers
Nocturnal striped diggers
Badgers are stocky burrowing mammals with distinctive black and white striped faces, known for their powerful digging claws and nocturnal habits.
They live in elaborate underground dens called setts.
To badger someone is to pester or harass them persistently: Stop badgering me about it.
The verb likely comes from the cruel practice of badger-baiting.
burrow
Animal's dug dwelling
omnivore · snout · claws · digging · striped · earthworms · foraging · territorial · cubs · woodland
pester
Annoy with persistence
pressure · bother · annoy · importune · plague · torment · harangue · browbeat · bully · goad
badgersleaves alone
Refrains from disturbing
ignores · backs off · pleases · accommodates · appeases
- honey badgersFierce African weasel relatives
- honey badger don't care
- badger brushBristled lathering implement
- American badgerFlat-bodied North American carnivore
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