English to German Meaning of gad - gad

Gad :

gad

noun

Brecheisen, Ansporn, Stange, Haken

verb

rumhängen, Wanderung, herumlungern, gad über, Reise, tummeln, herumgehen

Gad :: gadGads :: gads

← Gabled

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Definitions of gad in English

Noun(1) an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months(2) a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
Verb(1) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

Examples of gad in English

(1) By gad! You look young for a doctor!(2) In Europe, Anderson gadded about the Mediterranean in his steam-powered yacht.(3) After her difficult pregnancy she thought it odd that I was gadding about catching international planes so late into my own.(4) They developed modern mathematics, glorious architecture and navigated the world when St Patrick was gadding about in a leather coracle.(5) He was holed up in Israel making a documentary about the siege of Bethlehem, and there's me on the front pages, gadding about town with someone else's fella.(6) Our women it seems have left their homes on some pretence of Bacchic worship, and are now gadding about on the wooded mountain slopes, dancing in honour of this upstart god, Dionysus(7) Later he gadded about Europe until the revolutionary storm struck in Russia, carrying him away to the Ukraine where he ended up in the post of representative of the Soviet People's Commissariat.(8) They complain that the MP ought to be looking after the drains and other local problems of his east London constituents rather than gadding about on the box.(9) Now Cleo gads about the castle but Francie slows down.(10) If the woman has not been careful but has gadded about, neglecting her house and belittling her husband, they shall throw that woman into the water.(11) Although Geminian influences still have you gadding all about like trout, this week also offers in-there as well as out-there experiences.(12) I will be circumnavigating the Globe in January and early February doing some research for a book and also, if truth be known, gadding about.(13) Not least of those benefits - at least from my point of view, stuck back in Nottingham while K gadded about the globe - were the enormous number of Air Miles which K clocked up, and which we eagerly converted to free flights and posh hotel rooms.(14) With Americans gadding around in high-riding 4WD off-roaders, Puerto Santo TomÔö£├¡s hardly qualifies as remote: If we could make it in our car, it isn't remotely remote.(15) While our Prime Minister is gadding around the globe, the British railway system is near breakdown with 1970s-style strikes crippling many routes and disrupting commuters.(16) And while you're gadding about, why not visit the biblical-sounding Burning Mountain - which actually is burning, and has been for about a thousand years, ever since an underground coal seam caught fire.

Related Phrases of gad

(1) gad about ::

gad über

(2) gad-fly ::

Bremse

Related Phrases of gad

(1) gad about ::

gad über

(2) gad-fly ::

Bremse

Synonyms

Noun

1. spur ::

Sporn

Verb

2. gallivant about ::

gallivant über

3. traipse around ::

latschen um

4. flit around ::

huschen um

5. run around ::

herumlaufen

6. travel around ::

herumreisen

Different Forms

gad, gads

English to German Dictionary: gad

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English to German Dictionary: gad

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