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honey badgers

honey badgers is the plural of honey badger.

Meaning of honey badger

Noun

honey badger (plural honey badgers)

  1. Any member of the species Mellivora capensis of badger-like mustelids native to Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
    • Not only is the honey badger fond of hunting and eating venomous snakes and stealing honey from angry bees, it is also disregarding of animals many times its own size. Lions and leopards have been known to kill and eat honey badgers, but on the whole, they will give them a wide berth.2007, Ross Piper, Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals, page 48
  2. (figuratively, slang) A person who displays indifference or disregard for others' opinions.
    • For years, Bitcoin has been called "the honey badger of money," and "antifragile." The "Bitcoin don't care" meme is perhaps most applicable of all right now. Bitcoin simply doesn't care what China does, or what bank CEOs say, or what central bankers think. The only thing Bitcoin cares about...2017 October 20, David Dinkins, “Bitcoin Breaks $6,000 Barrier, Market Cap Now Exceeds $100 Billion”, in Cointelegraph

Questions about honey badgers

What is honey badgers the plural of?
Honey badgers is the plural of honey badger.

Words near honey badgers in the dictionary

  1. honey
  2. honey ant
  3. honey ants
  4. honey around
  5. honey badger
  6. honey badgers
  7. honey bag
  8. honey barge
  9. honey barges
  10. honey bear
  11. honey bears

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