English dictionary: words starting with gad

Meanings of Gad:

verb

Go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure.

Usage examples:

He had heard that i was gadding about with an airline stewardess

exclamation

An expression of surprise or emphatic assertion.

Usage examples:

By gad! you look young for a doctor!

noun

Short for generalized anxiety disorder.

Usage examples:

People can suffer from gad and depression at the same time

proper noun

(in the bible) a hebrew patriarch, son of jacob and zilpah.

Meanings of Gad about:

phrasal verb

To visit or travel to a lot of different places, enjoying yourself and not worrying about other things you should be doing

Usage examples:

We spent the weekend gadding about london and generally enjoying ourselves.

Meanings of Gad-around:

phrasal verb

To visit or travel to a lot of different places, enjoying yourself and not worrying about other things you should be doing

Usage examples:

We spent the weekend gadding about london and generally enjoying ourselves.

Meanings of Gadabout:

noun

A habitual pleasure-seeker.

Usage examples:

Walter was a restless charmer and a gadabout

Meanings of Gadabouts:

noun

A habitual pleasure-seeker.

Usage examples:

Walter was a restless charmer and a gadabout

Meanings of Gadarene:

adjective

Involving or engaged in a headlong or potentially disastrous rush to do something.

Usage examples:

The gadarene rush to war in 1914

Meanings of Gadded:

verb

Go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure.

Usage examples:

He had heard that i was gadding about with an airline stewardess

proper noun

(in the bible) a hebrew patriarch, son of jacob and zilpah.

exclamation

An expression of surprise or emphatic assertion.

Usage examples:

By gad! you look young for a doctor!

Meanings of Gadder:

noun

A person who gads or gads about; (now especially) one who goes to many social events or travels to many places for pleasure; a gadabout.

Meanings of Gaddi:

noun

A cushion or cushioned seat used as a throne by an indian ruler or leader; (hence by metonymy) the office or power of an indian ruler or leader.

Meanings of Gadding:

verb

Go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure.

Usage examples:

He had heard that i was gadding about with an airline stewardess

proper noun

(in the bible) a hebrew patriarch, son of jacob and zilpah.

exclamation

An expression of surprise or emphatic assertion.

Usage examples:

By gad! you look young for a doctor!

Meanings of Gade:

noun

A fish belonging to the genus gadus; a cod.

Meanings of Gadflies:

noun

A fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly.

Usage examples:

Later, hera sent the notorious gadfly to continuously bite and irritate io.

Meanings of Gadfly:

noun

A fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly.

Usage examples:

Later, hera sent the notorious gadfly to continuously bite and irritate io.

Meanings of Gadge:

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

I can only imagine what the gadgie in the call centre later told his mates

Meanings of Gadget:

noun

A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one.

Usage examples:

A variety of kitchen gadgets

Meanings of Gadgeteer:

noun

A person who invents or is particularly enthusiastic about using gadgets.

Usage examples:

A device for the true gadgeteer

Meanings of Gadgeteers:

noun

A person who invents or is particularly enthusiastic about using gadgets.

Usage examples:

A device for the true gadgeteer

Meanings of Gadgetry:

noun

Small mechanical or electronic devices or tools, especially ingenious or novel ones.

Usage examples:

The very latest in electronic gadgetry

Meanings of Gadgets:

noun

A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one.

Usage examples:

A variety of kitchen gadgets

Meanings of Gadid:

noun

A fish of the cod family ( gadidae ).

Meanings of Gadids:

noun

A fish of the cod family ( gadidae ).

Meanings of Gadinine:

noun

An alkaloid formed by the putrefaction of proteins. now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Gaditan:

adjective

Of or relating to cadiz, a city and port in south-west spain, or its inhabitants. compare gaditanian , gaditano .

noun

A native or inhabitant of cadiz. compare gaditanian , gaditano .

Meanings of Gadling:

noun

As a general term of contempt or abuse: a worthless person; a rogue. in early use also: †a person of low birth or status (obsolete).

Meanings of Gadman:

noun

A person employed to drive a team of oxen or other draught animals.