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Definition gad

Etymology 1

Taboo deformation of God.

Interjection

gad

1. An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.

Etymology 2

From Middle English gadden (“to hurry, to rush about”).

Verb

gad (third-person singular simple present gads, present participle gadding, simple past and past participle gadded)

1. (intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.

Noun

gad (plural gads)

1. One who roams about idly; a gadabout.

Etymology 3

From Middle English gade (“a fool, rascal, scoundrel; bastard”), from Old English g?da (“fellow, companion, comrade, associate”). Cognate with Dutch gade (“spouse”), German Gatte (“male spouse, husband”). See also gadling.

Noun

gad (plural gads)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person.

Etymology 4

From Middle English gad, gadde, borrowed from Old Norse gaddr (“goad, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike, rod, stake”).

Noun

gad (plural gads)

1. A sharp-pointed object; a goad.
2. (obsolete) A metal bar.
3. (especially mining) A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock.
4. (dated, metallurgy) An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, perhaps equivalent to the bloom, perhaps weighing around 100 pounds.
5. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
6. (Britain, US, dialectal) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.

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