Definition of BADGE

badge

Meanings

Plural: badges

Noun

  • 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"
  • 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"
  • 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.
  • A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
  • A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
  • Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
  • A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
  • A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
  • 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 small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
  • An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
  • A police officer.

Verb

  • put a badge on
    • "The workers here must be badged"
  • To mark or distinguish with a badge.
  • To show a badge to.
  • To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English badge, bagge, bage, bagy, from Anglo-Norman bage or Medieval Latin bagea, bagia (“sign, emblem”), of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Medieval Latin baga (“ring”), from Old Saxon bāg, bōg (“ring, ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, bracelet, armband”); or possibly the Anglo-Norman word is derived from an earlier, unattested English word (compare Old English bēag (“ring, bracelet, collar, crown”). Cognate with Scots bagie, badgie, bawgy (“badge”).

Synonyms

emblem, keycard or ID card or access card, pin

Scrabble Score: 9

badge is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
badge is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
badge is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

badge is a valid Words With Friends word