badge



badge bunny

A woman who is exclusively or primarily attracted to those who wear a badge on the job, such as policemen or firemen. There is one woman who seems to appear whenever I am out on duty; I think she's a bit of a badge bunny.
See also: badge, bunny

turn in (one's) badge

To stop working. I can't believe it's time to turn in my badge already—this internship just flew by! My father recently turned in his badge after 30 years at the same job.
See also: badge, turn

lost-and-found badge

n. a military identification tag; a military dog tag. (From the Persian Gulf War.) My father still keeps his lost-and-found badge from the Korean War.
See also: badge

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Duri-Korean
Semen-Ukrainian, Russian
Martynamahr-TI-nahPolish
Pratik-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Aylwen['eilwən]
ClaraKLAH-rah (Italian, German, Spanish), KLER-ə (English), KLAR-ə (English)Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman