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Gadding
To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
📖 Definitions of "Gadding"
verb
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To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
noun
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The act of one who gads, or moves about frivolously.
"1879, William Adolph Baillie Grohman, Gaddings with a Primitive People"
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gadding"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gypperynoun | The act of one who gyps; cheating; swindle. |
| gammocknoun | (UK, dialect, uncountable) Fun, sport, play, frolic. |
| gypsyingnoun | Alternative form of gipsying. [(archaic) An excursion into the countryside.] |
| gourmandizingnoun | Alternative form of gormandizing. [The act of one who gormandizes.] |
| gullerynoun | A colony of gulls. |
| gannetingnoun | The act of taking an excursion or walk, specifically to observe gannets and possibly other seabirds. |
| gormandizingnoun | The act of one who gormandizes. |
| goffingnoun | Archaic form of golfing. [A session of playing golf.] |
| gandernoun | (informal) A glance, look. |
| gawmnoun | Alternative spelling of gom (foolish person). [(Ireland) A foolish person.] |
| gewgawrynoun | Gaudiness; ornamentation, show. |
| gee-gawnoun | Alternative spelling of gewgaw. [A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration.] |
| gawpingnoun | (British) The action of the verb gawp. |
| gypsyismnoun | The state of being a gypsy. |
| gadgenoun | (colloquial) Gadget. |
| gadlingnoun | A roving vagabond; one who roams |
| gapesingnoun | (UK, dialect, West Country, Herefordshire, archaic) The act of gazing about; sightseeing. |
| gew-gawnoun | Alternative spelling of gewgaw. [A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration.] |
| gypsienoun | Archaic spelling of gypsy. [(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.] |
| geegawnoun | Alternative form of gewgaw. [A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration.] |
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