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badger

verb

/ˈbædʒər/

Meaning

To repeatedly ask or annoy someone with demands or questions.

The reporter kept badgering the politician with questions.

pester, nag, harass, bother, hound

leave, ignore, appease

badger someone, constantly badger, badger with questions

to promote, praise, or advertise aggressively

to light up or make clear

To provide someone with a reason or incentive to do something.

to pledge something, such as property, as security for a debt without giving up possession of it.

to make something extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat

to suggest or assume that something is true as the basis for reasoning or discussion