■ noun a heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat and a white-striped head. [ Meles meles (Eurasia) and Taxidea taxus (N. America).]
■ verb repeatedly and annoyingly ask (someone) to do something.
Origin
C16: perh. from badge , with ref. to its distinctive head markings.