gad
verb (used without object)
to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another.
gadding
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present participleof gad.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Not exactly the boys of 1888, those 22 Lions pioneers who spent eight months gadding about New Zealand and Australia playing 35 games, but a fair old trip none the less.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
It has been a good twenty-five years since they would have been arrested, or shot, just for gadding about in joy on the river, as they are now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2015
The other half of the year, when we’re not gadding about, Cosima cooks for us at her place.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2015
Hockney, an Englishman who loves opera and long designed opera sets, is reading more and gadding about less.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2015
“Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird! And, Jo, you’d better go at once. It isn’t proper to be gadding about so late with a rattlepated boy like...”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
