gad
verb (used without object)
to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another.
is gadding
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present progressiveof gad (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Warner went on to appear in Dancing With The Stars: here he is gadding around in 1950s London.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2010
First Hag: Go look for her in the fair so, if it is gadding up and down is her habit, and you being gone out from her sight.
From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory
All they think of is gadding about and being fast, and ruining themselves body and soul.
From My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
She is it—a pukka Gibson girl, quite ducky, with the dearest bit of an accent, and Mamma Devar is gadding around with her in a mo-car.
From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy
"My man is gadding, with eyes like saucers—like the rest of us, like the rest of us, Captain Rullock!"
From Foes by Mary Johnston
