gad
verb (used without object)
to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another.
have gadded
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present perfectof gad.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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You will allow that we have gadded about enough lately: Sonna, Pakenham Hall, Farnham, and Castle Forbes.
From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 by Augustus J. C. Hare
If she had had her own way, she would have gadded about at watering-places all the year round.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees
Though I have seen a great deal, though I have gadded about a great deal, I have experienced comparatively little.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
