gad
verb (used without object)
to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another.
was gadding
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past progressiveof gad.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Our usual presenter Max Rushden was gadding about in Italy this week, so Melissa Rudd was in the Big Chair for this week’s episodes of Football Weekly.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2018
Everybody was gadding about in a state of joyous exultation.
From Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs
Kit feared to stop long with her new friend lest Churn should arrive while she was "gadding."
From The Lion's Mouse by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
I can now keep my mony in my purse, that still was gadding out for Scarfes and Wastcoats: and keep my hand from Mercers sheep-skins finely.
From The Scornful Lady by John Fletcher
"In my young days all I thought of was gadding about," said Mrs. Carr, smiling.
From Salthaven by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
