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gaddest

gaddest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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.

See all 15 meanings of gad

Origin of gaddest

gad + -est

Questions about gaddest

What is gaddest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gaddest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of gad.

Words near gaddest in the dictionary

  1. Gaddani
  2. gadded
  3. gadder
  4. gadders
  5. Gaddesby
  6. gaddest
  7. gaddeth
  8. Gaddhafi
  9. gaddi
  10. Gaddie
  11. Gaddiel

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