badge
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Is badge a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of badge?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.Examples: "He has got his badge, and piked."obsolete
2. (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
3. (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
4. (graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
5. (Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.Examples: "When you have checked in to the site from ten different cities, you unlock the Traveller badge."Internet
6. (slang) A police officer.Examples: "That's why every badge back home wanted to nail him."slang
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.Examples: "The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them."transitive
2. (transitive) To show a badge to.Examples: "He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him."transitive
3. (ambitransitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.Examples: "Worden and James walk […] to the […] Courthouse […], where they badge their way past sheriff’s deputies and take the elevator to the third floor."; "And Patterson didn’t hear that Jack Egger, the studio’s director of security, said he’d seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, […]"; "Our regional commissioner, his assistant commissioner and our district director, along with their wives, were hoofing it to the rotunda. Apparently they didn’t try and badge their way through."ambitransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary