gadabout
a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
a person who travels often or to many different places, especially for pleasure.
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How to use gadabout in a sentence
As the lake boat swung around to resume its course, the gadabout, one hundred feet or more astern, followed.
The Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island | Ross KayWithout expressing the thought in his mind each boy was keeping a sharp outlook over the waters for the swift little gadabout.
The Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island | Ross KayAll the world thinks that I'm a gadabout, an idler, with no interest in existence, except the pleasure I can extract.
The Angel of Terror | Edgar WallaceMay I take you to your destination here in my little gadabout?
The Reclaimers | Margaret Hill McCarterIt's the little gray gadabout we come up from the station in the other evening.
The Reclaimers | Margaret Hill McCarter
British Dictionary definitions for gadabout
/ (ˈɡædəˌbaʊt) /
informal a person who restlessly seeks amusement
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