Meanings
adjectivebadgering (comparative more badgering, superlative most badgering)
comparative more badgering · superlative most badgering
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of badger
nounbadgering (plural badgerings)
plural badgerings
- The act of one who badgers, pesters, or annoys.
Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court.
1844, The Quarterly Review, volume 74, page 104
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