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badging

badging is the present participle and gerund of badge.

Meaning of badge

Verb

badge (third-person singular simple present badges, present participle badging, simple past and past participle badged)

  1. (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
    • The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.
  2. (transitive) To show a badge to.
    • He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
  3. (ambitransitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.
    • Worden and James walk […] to the […] Courthouse […], where they badge their way past sheriff’s deputies and take the elevator to the third floor.1981, David Simon, Homicide, →ISBN, page 118

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Phrases with badging

Questions about badging

What is badging the present participle and gerund of?
Badging is the present participle and gerund of badge.

Words near badging in the dictionary

  1. Badgett
  2. Badgetts
  3. badgework
  4. Badgeworth
  5. Badghis
  6. badging
  7. badging in
  8. badging out
  9. badging up
  10. badgir
  11. badgirs

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