badgenoun/bæd͡ʒ/

• 1

  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.

  • the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman
  • Tax-gatherers, […]recognized by their official badges.
• 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.

  • Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.
• 5

  obsoleteA brand on the hand of a thief, etc.

  • He has got his badge, and piked.
• 6

  nauticaltransportA carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

• 7

  governmentheraldryhobbiesA 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.

• 8

  computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceA small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.

badgeverb/bæd͡ʒ/

• 1

  To mark or distinguish with a badge.

  • The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.
• 2

  To show a badge to.

  • He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
• 3

  To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.

  • Worden and James walk […] to the […] Courthouse […], where they badge their way past sheriff’s deputies and take the elevator to the third floor.
  • And Patterson didn’t hear that Jack Egger, the studio’s director of security, said he’d seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, […]