Значення

значень: 8

  1. One who roams about idly; a gadabout.

  2. (Північна Англія, Шотландія, зневажливе)A greedy and/or stupid person.

    Get over here, ye good-for-nothing gadǃ

  3. (Британія, США, діалектне, особливо)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. (Британія, США, діалектне)A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.

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

  6. (застаріле)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. (застаріле)A metal bar.

Ще визначення
  • 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

Приклади

речень: 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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Походження

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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Форми

множина: gads
Однинаgad
Множинаgads

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Синоніми

синонімів: 5
gadlingspike
Близькі за значенням
  • 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

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 2
Похідніgaddergadfly

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
gabgabblegablegadgetC1gaffgaffe
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