- gad about/around
- informal go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure.→ gad
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
gad about/around
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gad about/around — [phrasal verb] gad about/around or gad about/around (somewhere) : to move or travel without a plan or purpose He spent several months gadding about Europe after college. • • • Main Entry: ↑gad … Useful english dictionary
gad about — ˌgad aˈbout/aˈround derived (informal, especially BrE) to visit different places and have fun, especially when you should be doing sth else • While he s gadding about around the world, she s at home looking after the children. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
knock about/around — (informal) 1 knocking around the Mediterranean: WANDER AROUND, roam around, rove around, range over, travel around, journey around, voyage around, drift around, potter around; informal gad about, gallivant around. 2 she knocks around with artists … Useful english dictionary
gad about — Synonyms and related words: bat around, bum, count ties, divagate, drift, flit, gad, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, jaunt, knock about, knock around, meander, mooch, nomadize, peregrinate, pererrate, prowl … Moby Thesaurus
gad — ► VERB (gadded, gadding) (gad about/around) informal ▪ go around from one place to another seeking pleasure and entertainment. ORIGIN from obsolete gadling «wanderer, vagabond», from Germanic … English terms dictionary
gad — [gæd] v past tense and past participle gadded present participle gadding gad about/around phr v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably frpm gadling person who goes along with you, wanderer (11 18 centuries), from Old English gAdeling] informal to go… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gad — gad1 verb (gads, gadding, gadded) (gad about/around) informal go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure. Origin ME: back form. from obs. gadling wanderer, vagabond , (earlier) companion , of Gmc origin. gad2 (also by gad) exclamation… … English new terms dictionary
gad — verb gadded, gadding gad about/around phrasal verb (I) informal to go out and enjoy yourself, going to many different places, especially when you should be doing something else: While I m at home cooking, he s gadding about with his friends … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
gad around — ˌgad aˈbout/aˈround derived (informal, especially BrE) to visit different places and have fun, especially when you should be doing sth else • While he s gadding about around the world, she s at home looking after the children. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
gad — Synonyms and related words: Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, bat, bat around, bird of passage, bum, count ties, divagate, drift, drifter, flit, floater, gad about, gadabout, gadfly … Moby Thesaurus
