Meanings
badling1
badling2
nounbadling (plural badlings)
plural badlings
- collectiveA brood, group, or flock of ducks.
Wisps of snipe and badlings of duck sprang into the air
1921 October, Samuel Scoville Jr., “High Sky”, in Mary Mapes Dodge, editor, St. Nicholas, volume XLVIII, page 10621 more example
Some people say you can’t go back home, but for a badling of Ducks, that is not true.
2024 July 31, Carter Bordwell, “Once a Duck…”, in Taylor Press, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026
Badling3
proper noun
- A barangay of Uson, Masbate, Philippines.
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Origin
badling · noun
- Old Englishbædling“an effeminate person”
- Middle English*badling
- Englishbadling
Perhaps from Middle English *badling, from Old English bædling (“an effeminate person”), or simply bad + -ling.
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APA
badling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badling
MLA
“badling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “badling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badling.
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