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badge

badge (third-person singular simple present badges, present participle badging, simple past and past participle badged)

1. (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.

   The television was badged as GE, but wasnt made by them.

2. (transitive) To show a badge to.

   He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.

3. (transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing ones badge.
   • (Can we date this quote?) unknown, David Simon, Homicide, ISBN 0-8050-8075-9, page 118:

     Worden and James walk [...] to the [...] Courthouse [...], where they badge their way past sheriffs deputies and take the elevator to the third floor.

   • 2003, Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover, page 146:

     And Patterson didnt hear that Jack Egger, the studios director of security, said hed seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, [...]

   • 2004, Sergei Hoteko, On The Fringe Of History, page 135:

     Our regional commissioner, his assistant commissioner and our district director, along with their wives, were hoofing it to the rotunda. Apparently they didnt try and badge their way through.

   • 2006, David Pollino, Bill Pennington, Tony Bradley, Himanshu Dwivedi, Hackers challenge 3 (page 338)

     Aaron badged into the data center and escorted Geoff inside the large room with its many blinking green lights.

badge (plural badges)

1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on ones 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.
   • 158? or 159?, Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 2:

     Sweet mercy is nobilitys true badge.

5. (obsolete, slang, cant) 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.

6. (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
7. (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.

Definizione dizionario badge

	distintivo
	distinctive mark

	cartellino
	card to grant access

	contrassegno
	something characteristic

	emblema
	something characteristic

	medaglia
	A small image used to promote organizations, charitable causes, and corporate affiliations. Within Windows Live Messenger, the badge appears with someone’s name and picture in Messenger and is included on their updates. The badge does not appear on someone's profile.

	targhetta
	nameplate

insegna

scudetto

simbolo

Altri significati:

(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.

A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

(obsolete, slang, cant) A term used for one burned in the hand.

to mark or distinguish with a badge

A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

Something characteristic; a mark; a token.

(transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.

(transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.

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.

(nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

(transitive) To show a badge to.