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gaddeth

gaddeth is the third-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 gaddeth

gad + -eth

Questions about gaddeth

What is gaddeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gaddeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gad.

Words near gaddeth in the dictionary

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

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