gad
verb
[ ɡad ]
• go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure.
• "he had heard that I was gadding about with an airline stewardess"
Similar:
gallivant,
jaunt around,
flit around,
run around,
travel around,
roam (around),
wander,
rove,
ramble,
traipse,
meander,
stray,
Origin:
late Middle English: back-formation from obsolete gadling ‘wanderer, vagabond’, (earlier) ‘companion’, of Germanic origin.
Gad
exclamation
• an expression of surprise or emphatic assertion.
• "By Gad! You look young for a doctor!"
Origin:
late 15th century: euphemistic alteration of God.
GAD
noun
• short for generalized anxiety disorder.
• "people can suffer from GAD and depression at the same time"
on the gad
• on the move.
• "Mrs Charles's nursery maid is always upon the gad"
