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Badger is a related term of distract.


As a noun badger

is a native or resident of the american state of wisconsin.

As a verb distract is

to divert the attention of.

As an adjective distract is

(obsolete) separated; drawn asunder.

badger

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A common name for any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and (American badger).
  • A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
  • (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
  • (in the plural, obsolete, vulgar, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
    • Synonyms
    * (native or resident of Wisconsin) Wisconsinite
    Holonyms
    * (mammal) cete, colony
    Derived terms
    * American badger * European badger * ferret-badger * hog badger * honey badger * stink badger
    See also
    * cete * meline * sett, set * (wikipedia) *

    Verb

  • to pester, to annoy persistently.
    • He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
  • (British, informal) To pass gas; to fart.
    • Synonyms
    * (to fart)

    Etymology 2

    ''(Possibly from "bagger". "Baggier" is cited by the OED in 1467-8)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
    • See also
    *

    Anagrams

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    distract

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divert the attention of.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Arsenal 1-0 Everton , passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
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    Related terms

    * distracted * distractible * distracting * distraction

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
  • (obsolete) Insane; mad.
    • (Drayton)