badge

Meaning of badge

noun
  1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
    the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman
  2. A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
  3. A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
  4. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
  5. (thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
    He has got his badge, and piked: He was burned in the hand, and is at liberty.
  6. A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
  7. 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.
  8. A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
  9. An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
    When you have checked in to the site from ten different cities, you unlock the Traveller badge.
verb
  1. To mark or distinguish with a badge.
    The television was badged as 'GE', but wasn't made by them.
  2. To show a badge to.
    He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
  3. To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.

Information about badge

Hyphenation of badge

badge

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • badge is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of badge

Anagrams of badge

begad, debag

Words that rhyme with badge

debadge, rebadge, cadge, saccadge, fadge, gadge, Madge, Tallmadge, madge, padge, cradge, dradge, radge, wadge

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