plural badges
1
: a device or token especially of membership in a society or group
2
: a characteristic mark
3
: an emblem awarded for a particular accomplishment
4
British
: button sense 1b
Solicitors have reacted with dismay after Staffordshire courts ordered them to remove "political" badges.—
Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
badged; badging; badges
: to mark or distinguish (someone or something) with or as if with a badge
Guests arrived and were counted and badged.—The New Yorker
The New YorkerThey were dressed in uniform, too, but theirs were everyday uniforms, not ceremonial. Dark olive cloth, worn and creased, badged here and there with the unfamiliar insignia of their rank.—Lee Child
Lee ChildMy daughter's hands were raw and scraped from shucking four hundred oysters the night before, her knuckles badged with tiny, brilliant, forming scabs.—William Boyd
William BoydExamples of badge in a Sentence
Noun
The policeman flashed his badge.
Don't forget to wear your name badge.
The receptionist glanced at my visitor's badge.
She earned 10 merit badges in scouting.
She was wearing a badge that read “Support your local library.”
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Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Consider the moment when a 13-year-old Girl Scout receives her citizenship badge and relates her years of service to her grandfather’s 40-year history as a Rotarian serving his community.
—Robert Balentine, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Zak Doffman, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
That was when Britain’s AC Cars, which had a relationship with Zagato dating back to the AC Ace Bristol Zagato from 1957, offered to help revive the vehicle and badge it as an AC model.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security are beginning to turn in their badges.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Consider the moment when a 13-year-old Girl Scout receives her citizenship badge and relates her years of service to her grandfather’s 40-year history as a Rotarian serving his community.
—Robert Balentine, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
For those users the only option is a new PC — but helpfully Microsoft has badged 2025 the year of the Windows 11 PC upgrade.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
That was when Britain’s AC Cars, which had a relationship with Zagato dating back to the AC Ace Bristol Zagato from 1957, offered to help revive the vehicle and badge it as an AC model.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Badge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/badge. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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badge
noun
: a mark or sign worn to show that a person belongs to a certain group, class, or rank
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