badge

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Synonyms: barge, fadge, cadge, budge, radge, bodge, bade, madge, bage, vadge, nadge

Antonyms: barge, fadge, cadge, budge, radge, bodge, bade, madge, bage, vadge, nadge

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Noun

1. A distinctive [[mark]], [[token]], [[sign]], [[emblem]] or [[cognizance]], [[wear|worn]] on one’s [[clothing]], as an [[insignia]] of some [[rank]], or of the [[membership]] of an [[organization]].
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. {{lb|en|obsolete|thieves' cant}} A [[brand]] on the hand of a thief, etc.
6. {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[carve]]d [[ornament]] on the [[stern]] of a [[vessel]], containing a [[window]] or the [[representation]] of one.
7. {{lb|en|heraldry}} A distinctive mark worn by [[servant]]s, [[retainer]]s, and [[follower]]s of [[royalty]] or [[nobility]], who, being beneath the rank of [[gentlemen]], have no right to [[armorial bearing]]s.
8. {{lb|en|GUI}} A small [[overlay]] on an [[icon]] that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
9. {{lb|en|internet|video games}} An [[icon]] or emblem awarded to a [[user]] for some [[achievement]].
10. {{lb|en|slang}} A [[police officer]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mark]] or [[distinguish]] with a badge.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To show a badge to.
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To enter a [[restricted]] area by showing one’s badge.

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