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Definition: Badge |
BadgeNoun1. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.); "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in". 2. Any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank); "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability". Verb1. Put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "badge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Accessory for article of apparel. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | A card, usually of plastic, containing a notched or magnetic stripe code for identifying an operator at a computer terminal. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Machine-readable document with information punched into it used either to ensure that no mistake is made in the entry of employee numbers, job numbers or machine-tool numbers or to identify the identify the terminal user. The user inserts the badge into a terminal badge reader. Source: European Union. (references) | |
General | Identifying tag worn by meeting participants. Source: European Union. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Hungarian (plecsni , tre'). (references) |
Slang in 1811 | BADGE. A term used for one burned in the hand. He has got his badge, and piked; he was burned in the hand, and is at liberty. Cant. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BADGE | Dutch | Bisfenol-A-diglycidylether | Chemical Industry |
BADGE | English | Bisphenol-A-diglycidylether | Chemical Industry |
BADGE | French | Bisphénol-A-diglycidyléther | Chemical Industry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disrepute | Crying shame, burning shame; scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon; bend sinister, bar sinister; champain, point champain; byword of reproach; Ichabod. |
Indication | Badge, criterion; countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil; duplicate, tally; label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop; dib; totem; tessera, card, bill; witness, voucher; stamp; cacher; trade mark, Hall mark. |
Scepter | Noun: scepter, regalia, caduceus; Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff, Mercury's wand; rod of empire, mace, fasces, wand; staff, staff of office; baton, truncheon; flag; (insignia); ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of authority, insignia of authority. |
Servant | Badge of slavery; bonds. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Badge |
| English words defined with "badge": Badgeless, Blue ribbon ♦ chevron, Cockle hat ♦ Geneva cross, grade insignia ♦ I.D., insignia ♦ merit badge ♦ red, Red hand, Red Republican, Regality, Ribbon Society, rosette ♦ Saint George's ensign, stripe, stripes ♦ Ticket porter, To make one's mark ♦ Wars of the Roses, White ribbon, White staff. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "badge": Alcantara ♦ Badge of Poverty, Badge-men, Bengal Tigers, Blue-gowns ♦ Cross ♦ Dyvour ♦ Epaulet ♦ Feme-covert, Film badge, Film Dosimetry, Flowers and Trees ♦ Green Ribbon Day ♦ PHOENIX-MEN, Public-house Signs ♦ Radiometry, Red Button, Red Coats, Roses ♦ SAMPLE SELECTOR, Silver C, St. George's Cross, Sun Inn ♦ table worker ♦ Ulster Badge ♦ Vulcan's Badge ♦ White Cockade. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Badge" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (badge, sticker), Indonesian (badge). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Get out, you're nothing but a lot of talk and a badge. (The Untouchables; writing credit: Oscar Fraley; Eliot Ness) It takes one solid weekend of training to get that badge. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Hold up your badge, so they'll know you're a policeman (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland) Yeah, I love living in New York, man, and people who live in New York, we wear that fact like a badge right on our sleeve because we know that fact impresses everybody (Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer; writing credit: Denis Leary) | |
Lyrics | Man with a badge came knocking next morning (Hazard; performing artist: Richard Marx) | |
Clever | You work for a defense contractor if your badge company name is applied with scotch tape. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Red Badge of Courage (1974) Badge 373 (1973) The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957) Two Guns and a Badge (1954) The Man Behind the Badge (1953) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | Photographed in 1917-19. Note that she is wearing a Yeoman 2nd Class rating badge, but has a Chief Petty Officer's insignia on her hat. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | In port when first completed, circa early 1939. Note ship's badge mounted on her bow, and snowy conditions at right. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Grand National Whig prize banner badge. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Clay-Frelinghuysen campaign badge. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | W.C. Round, Confederate veteran, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing badge during celebration at Bull Run. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Page of advertisements, with cartoon "winning and wearing", showing man asking to buy a Copperhead badge, from shopkeeper, who hits him. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | U.S.S. Texas, presentation of cross and badge to Ensign Gherardi by the King's daughters, Aug. 8, 1897. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Gorham (vicinity), New Hampshire. A badge worn by female and male fire guards in the national forests. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution badge. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. government and wear this button - it is a badge of honor / Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co. Chicago. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "1965 VW Kharmann Ghia Badge" by Aaron Gardner Commentary: "The badge... could've been better :/." | "Beatles badge" by Radek Bayek Commentary: "I am a beatles fan so I couldn't resist...Please let me know if you find it useful at all." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman -- repose in energy. |
Stephen Crane | He wishes that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Her breast, with its badge of shame, was but the softer pillow for the head that needed one. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The little silk badge with the white rose on it that was pinned on the breast of his jacket began to flutter |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Haiti | The attackers forced him to pull over in a nearby gas station, where they kept him at gunpoint and wrote down his identification and press badge numbers. (references) |
Economic History | Japan | Particularly in the more modern, more service-oriented sectors of the economy, purchase by foreigners is becoming less of a badge of shame than in years past. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy -- that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bill Maher | Well, if I was over there and part of the media, that would be quite a badge of bravery to follow troops into a chemical zone. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | The enjoyment of this right follows the badge of citizenship wherever found, and, unimpaired by race or color, it appeals for recognition to American manliness and fairness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Badge" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.37% of the time. "Badge" is used about 430 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.37% | 423 | 13,476 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.4% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 430 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "badge": athletics badge ♦ badge of authority ♦ badge of office ♦ badge of rank ♦ badge of slavery ♦ dosimeter badge ♦ merit badge ♦ name badge ♦ policeman's badge ♦ quarter badge ♦ red cross badge. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "badge": badge-covered. | |
Ending with "badge": lapel-badge. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
badge | 944 | girl scout badge | 78 |
police badge | 664 | bsa merit badge | 76 |
merit badge | 350 | id badge holder | 73 |
name badge | 339 | badge reel | 69 |
boy scout merit badge | 322 | blackington badge | 68 |
badge holder | 274 | fbi badge | 66 |
id badge | 236 | badge boy merit requirement scout | 63 |
custom badge | 181 | sheriff badge | 62 |
red badge of courage | 178 | badge a minute | 54 |
identification badge | 158 | photo id badge | 50 |
master badge | 138 | badge lanyards | 47 |
security badge | 114 | badge military | 46 |
name badge holder | 105 | badge.com merit | 43 |
law enforcement badge | 100 | retractable badge holder | 42 |
badge clip | 98 | lapd badge | 42 |
badge case | 89 | id badge system | 41 |
badge maker | 85 | badge lanyard | 39 |
badge a minit | 84 | employee id badge | 39 |
badge merit requirement | 81 | car badge | 39 |
badge software | 78 | boy scout of america merit badge | 38 |
photo badge | 38 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "badge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | simbol (denotation, emblem, ensign, insignia, notation, sacrament, sign, symbol), shenjë dalluese (difference, hallmark, insignia, logo, trademark), distinktiv (arms, insignia). (various references) | |
Arabic | وسم بعلامة (tick), علامة مميزة (diagnostic, earmark, impress, insignia, stigma), الإنتساب, إنتساب (claiming relationship), شارة (crest, disc, ensign, insignia, logo, nameplate, rosette, signpost). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | символ (allegory, emblem, exponent, insignia, representation, sacrament, sign, symbol, token, totem, type), отличителен белег (character, characteristic, difference, feature, marker, note, trademark, trait), значка (ensign, favour, insignia), знак (check, denotation, ensign, indication, parallel, patent, peg, place, seal, sign, signal, symptom, type, vestige), признак (denotation, indication, note, show, sign, symptom, tincture, token, vestige, warning). (various references) | |
Chinese | 徽章 . (various references) | |
Czech | symbol (byword, emblem, symbol), odznak (emblem, Favor, favour, sign). (various references) | |
Danish | badge, navneskilt (name badge, name tag), monogram (crest, monogram), maerke (flag, leading mark, mark), kort (brief, short), identitetsskilt. (various references) | |
Dutch | insigne (insignia), wapen (insignia, weapon), blazoen (insignia). (various references) | |
Esperanto | insigno (insignia). (various references) | |
Farsi | نشان (Aim, Attribute, Banner, Brand, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Hallmark, Impress, Mark, Medal, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Score, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Track, Tract), علامت (Allegory, Banner, Brand, Emblem, Mark, Marker, Name, Presage, Showing, Sign, Signal, Stripe, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Tick, Token), امضاء وعلامت برجسته ومشخص . (various references) | |
Finnish | tunnus (emblem, mark, password, sign, watchword), tunnistuskortti, monogrammi (monogram), kortti (card, map, menu, rationing-card), henkilökortti (Identity card), arvomerkki (chevron). (various references) | |
French | insigne, BADGE (name badge). (various references) | |
German | abzeichen (character, colors, colours, decoration, emblem, Favor, favour, insignia, mark, pin, sign), ausweis (card, identification, identity card, papers, pass, proof, sign, token). (various references) | |
Greek | κονκάρδα (cockade, rosette), έμβλημα (bearing, emblem). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תג (circumflex, label, tab, tag), טוטפת (band, frontlet, phylactery), סמל (crest, device, emblem, image, likeness, sign, symbol, token). (various references) | |
Hungarian | jelvény (cognizance, ensign, favor, favour, insignia). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bet (bad), badge, tanda pangkat (designation), lencana (emblem, insignia, pin). (various references) | |
Italian | distintivo (button, discriminating, distinctive, insignias). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 記章 (insignia, medal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バッジ , きしょう (beauty spot, climate, damage, disposition, emblem, getting out of bed, happy laughter, injury, insignia, medal, memorizing, rare, rising, scarce, temperament, unexpected victory, victory by uncommon stratagem, vow, weather). (various references) | |
Korean | 기장. (various references) | |
Manx | cowrey (attribute, beacon, brand, caret, character, check, denotation, emblem, evidence, feature, gesture, hint, indication, intimation, mark, marque, motion, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, token, trace, wealth). (various references) | |
Norwegian | merke (detect, ensign, imprint). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adgebay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | emblema (crescent, emblem, ensign, flag, insignia, medallion, symbol). (various references) | |
Romanian | stigmatiza (brand, denunciate, post, sear, stigmatize), stigmat (blemish, brand, flaw, note, stigma), simbol (note, sign, symbol, token, type), semn (auspice, Beck, brand, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, favour, gesture, impress, index, indication, Mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave), marcã (hallmark, make, Mark, purity, sign, stamp), marca (brand, designate, ear-mark, hall mark, label, Mark, mark out, record, register, say, score, show, stamp, stencil, underline), insignã (ensign), însemna (be, betoken, brand, chalk out, connote, denote, dint, excoriate, imply, import, item, jot down, mark off, mean, note, record, scotch, signify, spell, stand, tick). (various references) | |
Russian | значок (ensign, favour, ideograph). (various references) | |
Scottish | loinn (a badge, charm, comeliness, glade, good condition). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bedž, značka (pin, tally, token), oznaka (denotement, designation, hallmark, index, label, mark, marking, tally). (various references) | |
Spanish | distintivo (distinctive, distinguishing, insignia, symbol). (various references) | |
Swedish | medlemsmärke, emblem (device, emblem, figure). (various references) | |
Thai | เข็ม (needle), ติดเข็ม. (various references) | |
Turkish | rozet (pin, rosette), nişan (affiance, betrothal, brand, butt, decoration, device, engagement, ensign, espousal, gong, Mark, medal, order, plume, sign, target), işaret (augury, character, chop, clew, clue, cue, device, distinguishing mark, earmark, ensign, foretoken, gesture, glimpse, graph, harbinger, hint, index, indication, indicator, landmark, logo, logotype, marker, note, pip, prognostic, prognostication, representation, sign, signal, signature, symbol, symptom, token, touch, trace). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | символ (attribute, by-word, symbol, token, type), відзначати значком, ознака (augury, bodement, character, characteristic, diagnostic, indication, note, omen, ostent, portent, prognostic, prophet, sign, testimonial, vestige), значок (colors, colours, ensign, ideogram, ideograph), знак розрізнення (symbol), емблема (blazon, cognizance, colors, colours, emblem), бляха, поліцай (officer, peon). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật tượng trưng, quân hàm, phù hiệu, lon biểu hiện, huy hiệu, dấu hiệu (note, sign, signal, signature, token). (various references) | |
Welsh | bathodyn (medal). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | insigne, insigni. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Meta de treiV mhnaV anhcqhmen en ploiw parakeceimakoti en th nhsw alexandrinw parashmw dioskouroiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Post menses autem tres navigavimus in nave alexandrina quae in insula hiemaverat cui erat insigne Castorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And after thre monethis we schippiden in a schip of Alisaundre, that hadde wyntrid in the ile, to which was an excellent singne of Castours. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | After thre monethes we departed in a ship of Alexandry which had wyntred in the yle whose badge was Castor and Pollux. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 11 |
| Albanian | Pas tre muajsh u nisëm me një anije të Aleksandrisë, që kishte dimëruar në ishull dhe që kishte si shenjë Dioskurët. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Tapus sa tulo ka bulan kami nanggikan sakay sa usa ka sakayan nga nagpalabay sa tingtugnaw niadtong dapita, sakayan nga taga-Alejandria nga may bansiwag nga dagway sa Kaluhang Lalaki. |
| Croatian | Nakon tri mjeseca otplovismo aleksandrijskom laðom koja je prezimila na otoku i imala za znak Dioskure. |
| Danish | Men efter tre Måneders Forløb sejlede vi da bort i et aleksandrinsk Skib, som havde haft Vinterleje ved Øen og førte Tvillingernes Mærke. |
| Dutch | En na drie maanden voeren wij af in een schip van Alexandrie, dat in het eiland overwinterd had, hebbende tot een teken, Kastor en Pollux. |
| Finnish | Kolmen kuukauden kuluttua me purjehdimme sieltä aleksandrialaisessa laivassa, joka oli talvehtinut saarella ja jolla oli merkkinä Kastorin ja Polluksin kuva. |
| French | Après un séjour de trois mois, nous nous embarquâmes sur un navire d`Alexandrie, qui avait passé l`hiver dans l`île, et qui portait pour enseigne les Dioscures. |
| German | Nach drei Monaten aber fuhren wir aus in einem Schiffe von Alexandrien, welches bei der Insel überwintert hatte und hatte ein Panier der Zwillinge. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Apre twa mwa, nou pati nan yon batiman Aleksandri ki te pase tout tan fredi a nan lil la. Yo te rele batiman an Marasa. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah tiga bulan di sana, kami berangkat dari pulau itu naik sebuah kapal dari Aleksandria yang selama musim dingin berlabuh di pulau itu. Kapal itu memakai lambang "Dewa Kembar Kastor dan Poluks". |
| Latvian | Pçc trim mçneðiem mçs aizbraucâm Aleksandrijas kuìî, kas pârziemoja salâ un kam bija Kastora zîme. |
| Maori | ¶ A muri iho i nga marama e toru, ka rere matou i runga i tetahi kaipuke o Arehanaria, i tu nei ki taua motu i te hotoke, ko Katoro raua ko Poruku te tohu. |
| Rumanian | Dupq o wedere de trei luni, am pornit cu o corabie din Alexandria, care iernase kn ostrov wi care purta semnul Dioscurilor. |
| Russian | юЕТЕЪ ФТЙ НЕУСГБ НЩ ПФРМЩМЙ ОБ бМЕЛУБОДТЙКУЛПН ЛПТБВМЕ, ОБЪЩЧБЕНПН дЙПУЛХТЩ, ЪЙНПЧБЧЫЕН ОБ ФПН ПУФТПЧЕ, |
| Shuar | ¶ Ii wétsuk Nú nunkanam Menaintiú nantu pujusmiaji. Tura Nuyá Chíkich kanunam enkempramiaji. Nu kanusha Arijiántrianmaya yaunchu tau Menaintiú nantu yumi Yútakui nui pujumiayi. Nú kanu nujiin numi-yus najankamu Jímiar ekemiarmiayi, ni Náarinkia Kástur tura Púruks. |
| Swahili | Baada ya miezi mitatu tulianza tena safari yetu kwa meli moja ya Aleksandria iitwayo "Miungu Pacha". Meli hiyo ilikuwa imetia nanga kisiwani wakati wote wa baridi. |
| Swedish | Då tre månader voro förlidna, avseglade vi på ett skepp som hade legat vid ön över vintern; det var från Alexandria och bar Tvillinggudarnas bilder. |
| Uma | ¶ Hono' -makai tolu mula hi lewuto' Malta, me'ongko' wo'o-makai mpohawi' kapal to ngkai Aleksandria. Kapal toe mahae-imi-hana mento'o hi lewuto' mpeka'au katimpaliu-na tempo lengi'. Hanga' kapal toe, Anitu Moropa'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "badge": badged, badger, badgered, badgering, badgerly, badgers, badges. (additional references) | |
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"Badge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adeg, adge, bacg, badae, badee, badega, badei, Badejo, Badgan, badget, badle, bage, baged, bageu, Bagge, Bagoe, baige, Baigue, bange, bardge, Bauge, bawg, beadgc, Bedgey, biage, Bidge, bildge, Eadgbe, gadgi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "badge" (pronounced ba"j) |
| 2 | -a" j | Hajj. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-g" | |
-1 letter: abed, aged, bade, bead, egad, gaed. | |
-2 letters: age, bad, bag, bed, beg, dab, dag, deb, gab, gad, gae, ged. | |
-3 letters: ab, ad, ae, ag, ba, be, de, ed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-g" | |
+1 letter: badged, badger, badges, bagged, banged, barged, beglad, bodega, gabbed, gabled, garbed. | |
+2 letters: abridge, badgers, bandage, beading, begazed, beglads, bighead, bodegas, bondage, bragged, brigade, dogbane, feedbag, gabbled, gambade, gambled, garbled, grabbed. | |
+3 letters: abridged, abridger, abridges, badgered, badgerly, badinage, bandaged, bandager, bandages, barraged, beadings, bearding, begalled, beggared, bigarade, bigheads, birdcage, blindage, bondages, breading, brigaded, brigades, cabbaged, debasing, debating, dogbanes, feedbags, gabelled, gambades, gamboled, gimbaled, globated, grabbled, gradable, guidable, pegboard, slugabed, subgrade. | |
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