Значение

значений: 8

  1. One who roams about idly; a gadabout.

  2. (Северная Англия, Шотландия, пренебрежительное)A greedy and/or stupid person.

    Get over here, ye good-for-nothing gadǃ

  3. (Британия, США, диалектное, особенно)A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose.

  4. (Британия, США, диалектное)A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.

  5. (особенно)A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock; a pick.

  6. (устаревшее)An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, sometimes equivalent to a bloom weighing around 100 pounds.

  7. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.

  8. (устаревшее)A metal bar.

Ещё определения
  • a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
  • an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc. that has lasted for more than six months

Примеры

предложений: 2

  1. I've gadded enough of that story.

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  2. Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.

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Происхождение

From Middle English gadden (“to hurry, to rush about”), of obscure origin. From Middle En

From Middle English gadden (“to hurry, to rush about”), of obscure origin.

From Middle English gade (“a fool, simpleton, rascal, scoundrel; bastard”), from Old English *gada (“fellow, companion, comrade, associate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadō, from Proto-Germanic *gadô, *gagadô (“companion, associate”), related to Proto-West Germanic *gaduling (“kinsman”). Cognate with Dutch gade (“spouse”), German Gatte (“male spouse, husband”). See also gadling.

From Middle English gad, gadde, borrowed from Old Norse gaddr (“goad, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike, rod, stake”). Doublet of goad and yard.

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Формы

мн. число: gads
Ед. числоgad
Мн. числоgads

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 5
gadlingspike
Близкие по смыслу
  • a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward:spur
  • an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc. that has lasted for more than six months:generalized anxiety disorderanxiety reaction

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 2
Производныеgaddergadfly

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