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Gad Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gad? [n] 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" [n] an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months [v] wander aimlessly in search of pleasure Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gad: anxiety reaction \| gallivant \| generalized anxiety disorder \| jazz around \| spur Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gad: Ahasuerus \| Ancient Mariner \| Argonaut \| bat \| bat around \| bird of passage \| bum \| count ties \| divagate \| drift \| drifter \| flit \| floater \| Flying Dutchman \| gad about \| gadabout \| gadfly \| gallivant \| go about \| go the rounds \| go-about \| goad \| Goliard \| hit the road \| hit the trail \| hobo \| itinerant \| jaunt \| knock about \| knock around \| lash \| maunder \| meander \| mooch \| mover \| nomadize \| Odysseus \| Oisin \| Ossian \| oxgoad \| peregrinate \| peregrinator \| peregrine \| pererrate \| peripatetic \| prick \| prod \| prowl \| ramble \| rambler \| range \| roam \| roamer \| rolling stone \| rove \| rover \| rowel \| run about \| run around \| runabout \| saunter \| spur \| sting \| straggle \| straggler \| stray \| stroll \| stroller \| strolling player \| traipse \| tramp \| troubadour \| Ulysses \| vagabond \| vagabondize \| visitant \| walk the tracks \| wander \| wanderer \| wandering minstrel \| wandering scholar \| wayfare \| whip \| whiplash See Also \| anxiety disorder \| boot \| cast \| drift \| goad \| prod \| ramble \| range \| roam \| rove \| rowel \| stray \| swan \| tramp \| vagabond \| wander Gad In Webster's Dictionary \Gad\, n. [OE. gad, Icel. gaddr goad, sting; akin to Sw. gadd sting, Goth. gazds, G. gerte switch. See {Yard} a measure.] 1. The point of a spear, or an arrowhead. 2. A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc. I will go get a leaf of brass, And with a gad of steel will write these words. --Shak. 3. A sharp-pointed rod; a goad. 4. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. --Fairholt. 5. A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. [Obs.] Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in gads. --Moxon. 6. A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. [Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.] --Halliwell. Bartlett. {Upon the gad}, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. [Obs.] ``All this done upon the gad!'' --Shak. \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. Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? --Jer. ii. 36.

Gad Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gad?

[n] 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"
[n] an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
[v] wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

Gad In Webster's Dictionary

\Gad\, n. [OE. gad, Icel. gaddr goad, sting; akin to Sw.
gadd sting, Goth. gazds, G. gerte switch. See {Yard} a
measure.]
1. The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

2. A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel
   wedge used in mining, etc.

         I will go get a leaf of brass, And with a gad of
         steel will write these words.         --Shak.

3. A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.

4. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. --Fairholt.

5. A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. [Obs.]

         Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in gads.
                                               --Moxon.

6. A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a
   rod used to drive cattle with. [Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.]
   --Halliwell. Bartlett.

{Upon the gad}, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. [Obs.]
   ``All this done upon the gad!'' --Shak.


\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.

      Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?
                                               --Jer. ii. 36.

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