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Definition of Gad
1. 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.
2. Verb. Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure.
Generic synonyms: Cast, Drift, Ramble, Range, Roam, Roll, Rove, Stray, Swan, Tramp, Vagabond, Wander
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. 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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