Crossword clues for gadding
gadding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gad \Gad\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gadded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gadding.] [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive
about.]
To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence,
to run wild; to be uncontrolled. ``The gadding vine.''
--Milton.
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?
--Jer. ii. 36.
Gadding \Gad"ding\, a. & n. Going about much, needlessly or without purpose.
Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets.
--Bacon.
The good nuns would check her gadding tongue.
--Tennyson.
Gadding car, in quarrying, a car which carries a drilling machine so arranged as to drill a line of holes.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who gads, or moves about frivolously. vb. (present participle of gad English)
WordNet
See gad
v. wander aimlessly in search of pleasure [syn: gallivant, jazz around]
Usage examples of "gadding".
And behind them was a pied piper’s gathering of people—dancing, larking, and gadding.