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1 gadding
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2 gad
- dd- (coll.)* * *[ɡæd]past tense, past participle gadded: gad about/around verb(to go around to one place after another (usually in order to amuse oneself): She's forever gadding about now that the children are at school.) sich herumtreiben* * *[gæd]( dated)I. vi<- dd->( fam)▪ by \gad! bei Gott!* * *[gd]interj* * *gad1 [ɡæd]gad about at political meetings sich auf politischen Versammlungen herumtreibenB s:gad2 [ɡæd]A s1. a) Stachelstock m (des Viehtreibers)b) US Sporn mgad3 [ɡæd] int:(by) gad! obs bei Gott!* * *- dd- (coll.)gad about or around — herumziehen; sich herumtreiben (ugs. abwertend)
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3 gad about (Brit) or around
viherumziehen ( prep obj in +dat)he's always gadding about — er ist ständig auf Achse (inf)
to gad about the country — im Land herumziehen or -reisen
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Gadding — Gad ding, a. & n. Going about much, needlessly or without purpose. [1913 Webster] Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets. Bacon. [1913 Webster] The good nuns would check her gadding tongue. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {Gadding car}, in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gadding — Gad Gad, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gadded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gadding}.] [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.] To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. The gadding vine. Milton. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gadding car — Gadding Gad ding, a. & n. Going about much, needlessly or without purpose. [1913 Webster] Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets. Bacon. [1913 Webster] The good nuns would check her gadding tongue. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {Gadding… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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gad — gad1 [gad] vi. gadded, gadding [LME gadden, to hurry, ? back form. < gadeling, companion in arms < OE gædeling: for IE base see GATHER] to wander about in an idle or restless way, as in seeking amusement n. an act of gadding: chiefly in the … English World dictionary
Journey — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Locomotion by land. < N PARAG:Journey >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 travel travel Sgm: N 1 traveling traveling &c. >V. wayfaring campaigning GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 journey journey excursion … English dictionary for students
Gad — Gad, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gadded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gadding}.] [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.] To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. The gadding vine. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gadded — Gad Gad, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gadded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gadding}.] [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.] To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. The gadding vine. Milton. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English