'Badgering' definitions:

Definition of 'badgering'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment]

Definition of 'Badgering'

From: GCIDE
  • Badgering \Badg"er*ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of one who badgers. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Badgering'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain. [1913 Webster]

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