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Definition of Gad
1. Verb. Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure.
Generic synonyms: Cast, Drift, Ramble, Range, Roam, Roll, Rove, Stray, Swan, Tramp, Vagabond, Wander
2. Noun. 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.
3. Noun. A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward. "Cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
Group relationships: Boot
Generic synonyms: Goad, Prod
Terms within: Rowel
Derivative terms: Spur, Spur
Definition of Gad
1. n. The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.
2. v. i. To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled.
Definition of Gad
1. Acronym. Generalized Anxiety Disorder ¹
2. Proper noun. (biblical) Seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah. ¹
3. Proper noun. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Gad. ¹
4. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name) ¹
5. Interjection. An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to 'by God', 'goodness gracious', 'for goodness' sake'. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner. ¹
7. Noun. A sharp-pointed object; a goad. ¹
8. Noun. (obsolete) A metal bar. ¹
9. Noun. A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock, especially in mining. ¹
10. Noun. (dated metallurgy) An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, perhaps equivalent to the bloom, perhaps weighing around 100 pounds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gad
1. to roam about restlessly [v GADDED, GADDING, GADS]
Medical Definition of Gad
1. 1. The point of a spear, or an arrowhead. 2. A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc. "I will go get a leaf of brass, And with a gad of steel will write these words." (Shak) 3. A sharp-pointed rod; a goad. 4. A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. 5. A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. "Flemish steel . . . Some in bars and some in gads." (Moxon) 6. A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. Upon the gad, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. "All this done upon the gad!" Origin: OE. Gad, Icel. Gaddr goad, sting; akin to Sw. Gadd sting, Goth. Gazds, G. Gerte switch. See Yard a measure. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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