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Definition of 'gad' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) gad
to move aimlessly from one place to another in search of pleasure or amusement:
to gad about.

2. (n.) gad
a goad for driving cattle.

3.  gad
a pointed mining tool for breaking up rock, coal, etc.

4. (interj.) gad
(used as a mild oath.)

5. (n.) gad
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:11.

6.  gad
one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from him.


Definition of 'gad' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) generalized anxiety disorder, GAD, anxiety reaction
an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

2. (verb) spur, gad
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
"cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"

3. (verb) gallivant, gad, jazz around
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure


Definition of 'gad' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gad
the point of a spear, or an arrowhead

2. (noun) gad
a pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc

3. (noun) gad
a sharp-pointed rod; a goad

4. (noun) gad
a spike on a gauntlet; a gadling

5. (noun) gad
a wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel

6. (noun) gad
a rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with

7. (noun) gad
to walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled


Definitions of 'gad' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  gad
one of the Jewish tribes inhabiting the E. of the Jordan.


Translation of 'gad' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: 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.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rond flenter Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَجَوَّل دون هَدَف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: търся развлечения
Brazilian flag Brazilian: passear, zanzar, vaguear Czech flag Czech: potulovat se German flag German: sich herumtreiben
Danish flag Danish: føjte; farte Greek flag Greek: σουρτουκεύω Spanish flag Spanish: callejear, ir de picos pa
Estonian flag Estonian: mööda meelelahutuskohti k Farsi flag Farsi: ول گشتن؛ پرسه زدن Finnish flag Finnish: hurvitella
French flag French: vadrouiller Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְשׁוֹטֵט וּלַחֵּפש תַּעֲ Hindi flag Hindi: इधर उधर फिरना
Croatian flag Croatian: skitati se Hungarian flag Hungarian: csavarog Indonesian flag Indonesian: keluyuran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: slæpast, flækjast Italian flag Italian: bighellonare Japanese flag Japanese: ぶらつく
Korean flag Korean: 어슬렁거리다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bastytis,šlaistytis Latvian flag Latvian: slaistīties; klaiņot apkā
Malay flag Malay: berjalan-jalan Dutch flag Dutch: rondzwerven Norwegian flag Norwegian: farte omkring
Polish flag Polish: szwendać się Persian flag Persian: ول گشتن؛ پرسه زدن Pashto flag Pashto: بې هدفه يوه خوا بله خوا ګ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: passear/zanzar, flanear, Romanian flag Romanian: a hoinări Russian flag Russian: шляться
Slovak flag Slovak: potulovať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: pohajkovati Serbian flag Serbian: švrljati
Swedish flag Swedish: stryka (driva) omkring Thai flag Thai: การเที่ยวเตร็ดเตร่ไปวัน ๆ Turkish flag Turkish: eğlence peşinde koşmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 遊蕩 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вештатися, тинятися Urdu flag Urdu: مٹر گشتی کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đi lang thang Chinese flag Chinese: 游荡

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