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English Dictionary: badgering by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
badgering
n
  1. the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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