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gadded

gadded is the simple past and past participle of gad.

Meaning of gad

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.
    • This, I suppose, is the virgin who abideth still in the house with you. She is not given, I hope, to gadding overmuch, nor to vain and foolish decorations of her person with ear-rings and finger-rings, and crisping-pins: for such are unprofitable, yea, abominable.1852, Alice Cary, Clovernook ....
    Synonyms:
    gallivant
  2. To run with the tail in the air, bent over the back, usually in an attempt to escape the warble fly.

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Questions about gadded

What is gadded the simple past and past participle of?
Gadded is the simple past and past participle of gad.

Words near gadded in the dictionary

  1. Gaddafy
  2. Gaddam
  3. Gaddams
  4. Gaddang
  5. Gaddani
  6. gadded
  7. gadder
  8. gadders
  9. Gaddesby
  10. gaddest
  11. gaddeth

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