Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Furnished with gads or sharp points.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of gad.

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Examples

  • The accusation that Rachel "gadded" as much as other girls of her age was obviously an unmerited one.

    The Arbiter A Novel Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell 1890

  • Then Terri and I gadded about, checking the dealer's room and elsewhere before her 5pm reading, where she read "Eighteen Minutes" to a very appreciative audience.

    I-Con Day 2 terri_osborne 2006

  • On June 1, the captain was ordered by Franklin, whom Jones had rarely seen while he gadded about town, to get back to his ship at once.

    John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

  • On June 1, the captain was ordered by Franklin, whom Jones had rarely seen while he gadded about town, to get back to his ship at once.

    John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

  • And from that time onwards Major Kovalev gadded about the same as before.

    Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

  • Chia Cheng's departure, indulged his caprices, allowed his feelings to run riot, and gadded wildly about.

    Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

  • John came home early, Meg gadded no more, and that greatcoat was put on in the morning by a very happy husband, and taken off at night by a most devoted little wife.

    Little Women 1921

  • "And after the trull has gadded about the country with young Montagu in all manner of disguises?" he continued.

    A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • But if it gets out that I gadded about for a day with an officer, even though he is a padre, and that we went miles out of town, there'll be some row, my boy.

    Simon Called Peter Robert Keable 1907

  • The way you gadded around over the hills with him -- a perfect stranger -- was disgraceful; perfectly disgraceful.

    Her Prairie Knight B. M. Bower 1905

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