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GAD
spur, gad
(noun) 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 around
(verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
GAD
Acronym of generalized anxiety disorder.
Anagrams
• DAG, GDA, dag
Etymology
Proper noun
Gad
The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
One of the Israelite tribes mentioned in the Torah, descended from Gad.
A male given name from Hebrew
A surname.
Anagrams
• DAG, GDA, dag
Etymology 1
Interjection
gad
An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.
Etymology 2
Verb
gad (third-person singular simple present gads, present participle gadding, simple past and past participle gadded)
(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
Synonym: gallivant
Noun
gad (plural gads)
One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
Etymology 3
Noun
gad (plural gads)
(Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person.
Etymology 4
Noun
gad (plural gads)
A sharp-pointed object; a goad.
Synonym: goad
(obsolete) A metal bar.
(especially, mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
(dated, metallurgy) An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, perhaps equivalent to the bloom, perhaps weighing around 100 pounds.
A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
Synonyms: gadling, spike
(UK, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.
Anagrams
• DAG, GDA, dag
Source: Wiktionary
Gad, n. Etym: [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.] Etym: [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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