Gadding
Translation- Gadding
- 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.
[1913 Webster]
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? --Jer. ii. 36. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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Gadding — Gad ding, a. & n. Going about much, needlessly or without purpose. [1913 Webster] Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets. Bacon. [1913 Webster] The good nuns would check her gadding tongue. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {Gadding car}, in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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gadding — (горное) бурение шпуров … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
gadding — бурение шпуров … Англо-русский геологический словарь
Gadding car — Gadding Gad ding, a. & n. Going about much, needlessly or without purpose. [1913 Webster] Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets. Bacon. [1913 Webster] The good nuns would check her gadding tongue. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {Gadding… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gadding machine — отбойный молоток … Англо-русский геологический словарь
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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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gadded — 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. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gad — gad1 gadder, n. gaddingly, adv. /gad/, v., gadded, gadding, n. v.i. 1. to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another: to gad about. n. 2. the act of gadding. [1425 75; late ME gadden, perh. back formation from gadeling companion in… … Universalium
