present participle of gad

The act of one who gads, or moves about frivolously.

plural of gadding

simple past tense and past participle of gad

(especially UK, US, dialect) A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose.

An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.

One who roams about idly; a gadabout.

(Northern England, Scotland, derogatory) A greedy and/or stupid person.

(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.

The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah. / One of the Israelite tribes mentioned in the Torah, descended from Gad. / A male given name from Hebrew. / A surname.