Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; originally (in Anglo-Saxon), a fellow, associate, or companion, in a good sense, but later used in reproach. Compare similar uses of fellow and companion.
- n. A vagabond; one who gads about.
- Given to gadding about; gadding.
- n. Same as gad, 2.
Wiktionary
- n. roving vagabond; one who roams
- n. A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; lowborn; originally comrade or companion, in a good sense, but later used in reproach
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mediæval Armor) See gad, n., 4.
- adj. obsolete Gadding about.
- n. obsolete A roving vagabond.
Etymologies
- From Middle English gadling ("companion in arms; man, fellow; a person of low birth; rascal, scoundrel; bastard; base, lowborn"), from Old English gædeling ("kinsman, fellow, companion in arms, comrade"), itself from Old English gāda ("comrade, companion"). Equivalent to gad + -ling. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Methodshop www. methodshop.com Pop city media www. popcitymedia.com Gadling www. gadling.com”
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“You can submit questions to ask [at] gadling [dot]”
“Discrimination on the runway: Delta’s uniform sizing gadling.com”
Delta Responds to Charges of Fat Phobia « Gender Across Borders
“Virgin Galactic Opens 'Gateway To Space' PHOTOS gadling.com:”
““I have more to do than to shiver in the Great Hall for every gadling the”
“I have more to do than to shiver in the Great Hall for every gadling the King sends.”
“After all, I†™ m still going to be LIVING Life Nomadic,. "you got all hyped about pushing through the dip, but it doesn't seem like you're going to do that for LN to make it the best in the world. anyways, i follow all your sites (gadling, here, etc) through rss, so combining them or not doesn't matter to me, i'll see all your content anyways. it could be a fine idea”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gadling’.
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on the road again
nomad, itinerant, wanderer, gypsy, vagrant, ranger, floater, gadling, scatterling, landloper, wayfarer, rover and 59 more...
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
nonexclusivity, adaptationist, paxillin, adduct, unblushingly cribbed, ptomaïne, microsievert, millisievert, too big to jail, tastemaker, tinsmithing, Nimzo-Indian and 1616 more...
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gloaming, gambol, garrulous, gasconade, geminate, gendarme, gendarmerie, genuflect, glebe, granoblastic, geloscopy, galère and 15 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for gadling.
fbharjo gadling friend Dec 27, 2006