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Princeton's WordNet
generalized anxiety disorder, GAD, anxiety reactionnoun
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
spur, gadverb
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"
gallivant, gad, jazz aroundverb
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
Wiktionary
Gadnoun
Seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
Gadnoun
One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Gad.
Etymology: Taboo deformation of God.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gadnoun
Etymology: gad, Saxon; gaddur, Islandick, a club.
Flemish steel is brought down the Rhine to Dort, and other parts of Holland and Flanders, some in bars, and some in gads; and therefore called Flemish steel, and sometimes gad steel. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.
I will go get a leaf of brass,
And with a gad of steel will write these words. William Shakespeare.To Gadverb
To ramble about without any settled purpose; to rove loosely and idly.
Etymology: Derived by Stephen Skinner from gadfly; by Franciscus Junius from gadaw, Welsh, to forsake.
How now, my headstrong, where have you been gadding?
—— Where I have learnt me to repent. William Shakespeare, Rom. and Jul.Give the water no passage, neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad. Ecclus. xxv. 25.
The lesser devils arose with ghastly rore,
And thronged forth about the world to gad;
Each land they fill’d, river, stream and shore. Edward Fairfax, b. iv.Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets, and doth not keep home. Francis Bacon, Essay 9.
Gad not abroad at ev’ry quest and call
Of an untrained hope or passion;
To court each place or fortune that doth fall,
Is wantonness in contemplation. George Herbert.Thee, shepherd, thee the woods and desart caves,
With wild thyme and the gadding vine o’ergrown,
And all their echo’s moan. John Milton.A fierce loud buzzing breeze; their stings draw blood,
And drive the cattle gadding through the wood. John Dryden, Virg.She wreaks her anger on her rival’s head;
With furies frights her from her native home,
And drives her gadding, round the world to roam. Dryden.Gull ’em with freedom,
And you shall see ’em toss their tails, and gad
As if the breeze had stung them. John Dryden, Oedipus.There’s an ox lost, and this coxcomb runs a gadding after wild fowl. Roger L'Estrange.
No wonder their thoughts should be perpetually shifting from what disgusts them, and seek better entertainment in more pleasing objects, after which they will unavoidably be gadding. John Locke.
ChatGPT
gad
GAD, or Generalized Anxiety Disorder, is a chronic mental health condition characterized by excessive and persistent worrying, anxiety, and tension, even when there is little or no reason to worry. It often interferes with daily activities, causing symptoms such as restlessness, being easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, and disturbed sleep. The cause of GAD is not fully understood, but factors such as genetics, brain chemistry, and environmental stresses may be involved. Treatment includes cognitive behavioral therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes.
Webster Dictionary
Gadnoun
the point of a spear, or an arrowhead
Gadnoun
a pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc
Gadnoun
a sharp-pointed rod; a goad
Gadnoun
a spike on a gauntlet; a gadling
Gadnoun
a wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel
Gadnoun
a rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with
Gadnoun
to walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled
Etymology: [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.]
Wikidata
Gad
Gad was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first son of Jacob and Zilpah, the seventh of Jacob overall, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Gad; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation. The text of the Torah argues that the name of Gad means luck/fortunate, in Hebrew, deriving from a root meaning cut/divide, in the sense of divided out; classical rabbinical literature argues that the name was a prophetic reference to the manna; some Biblical scholars suspect that refers to a deity originally worshipped by the tribe, namely Gad, the semitic deity of fortune, who, according to the Book of Isaiah, was still worshipped by certain Hebrews during the 6th century BC. The Biblical account shows Zilpah's status as a handmaid change to an actual wife of Jacob Genesis 30:9,11. Her handmaid status is regarded by some biblical scholars as indicating that the authors saw the tribe of Gad as being not of entirely Israelite origin; many scholars believe that Gad was a late addition to the Israelite confederation, as implied by the Moabite Stone, which seemingly differentiates between the Israelites and the tribe of Gad. Gad by this theory is assumed to have originally been a northwards-migrating nomadic tribe, at a time when the other tribes were quite settled in Canaan.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gad
gad, n. a pointed bar of steel: a tool used in mining: a graver: a rod or stick, a goad: the bar across a Scotch condemned cell, on which the iron ring ran which fastened the shackles—also Gade, Gaid.—n. Gad′ling, one of the spikes on the knuckles of a gauntlet.—Upon the gad (Shak.), upon the spur of the moment. [Ice. gadd-r, a spike.]
Gad
gad, interj. a minced form of God.—interjs. Gad′so, an exclamation of surprise; Gad′zooks, an obsolete minced oath.
Gad
gad, v.i. to rove about restlessly: to wander or ramble in speech, &c., to straggle in growth:—pr.p. gad′ding; pa.p. gad′ded.—ns. Gad, Gad′about, one who walks idly about; Gad′der.—adv. Gad′dingly—n. Gad′dishness. [Prob. conn. with gad in gadfly; or obsolete gadling, vagabond.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Gad
one of the Jewish tribes inhabiting the E. of the Jordan.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
gad
A goad; the point of a spear or pike.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
gad
The point of a spear, or an arrowhead; a steel spike on the knuckle of a gauntlet.
gad
The first-born of Zilpah, Leah’s maid, was the seventh son of Jacob. The tribe of Gad numbered in the wilderness of Sinai more than 40,000 fighting-men. Nomadic by nature, they preferred to remain on the east side of Jordan, and were reluctantly allowed to do so by Joshua, on condition of assisting their countrymen in the conquest and subjugation of Canaan. The men of Gad—if we may judge from the eleven warriors who joined David in his extremity—were a race of stalwart heroes; “men of might, and men of war, fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains.”
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GAD
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gad is ranked #27950 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Gad surname appeared 858 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gad.
81% or 695 total occurrences were White.
10.4% or 90 total occurrences were Asian.
4% or 35 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.3% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gad in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of gad in a Sentence
…Josh [Gad] makes something really subtle and delicious out it said, and that’s what has its pay-off at the end, which I don’t want to give away. But it’s a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie.
Treatment with GAD-alum seems to be a promising, simple and safe way to preserve insulin production in around half of patients with type 1 diabetes, the ones who have the right type of HLA, this is why we are looking forward to carrying out larger studies, and we hope these will lead to a drug that can change the progress of type 1 diabetes.
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