Where Does the Term Badgering Come from?

It means to pester someone. When you 'badger someone into doing something', you keep annoying or bothering the person till he becomes frustrated and agrees to do what you want him to. *The children badgered their father into taking them to a movie. The idiom comes from the cruel sport of badger baiting.

Why is badgering called badgering?

The phrase 'badger to death' alludes to the nocturnal burrowing mammal Meles meles, that is, the badger. ... This fact has led to the alternative view that 'badgering to death' originally referred to the fate of the dogs and meant 'killed by a badger'.

What is the meaning of badgering in English?

to persuade someone by telling them repeatedly to do something, or to question someone repeatedly: Stop badgering me - I'll do it when I'm ready. [ + into + -ing verb ] She's been badgering me into doing some exercise.