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Definition of Gadabout
1. Noun. A restless seeker after amusement or social companionship.
Definition of Gadabout
1. n. A gadder
Definition of Gadabout
1. Noun. someone who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gadabout
1. one that gads about [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gadabout
| gabonase gaboon gaboon viper gaboons gaboxadol gabrielite gabrielsonite gabs gaby gac | gack gacked gacking gacks gad gadabouts gadarene gadbee gadbees gadded | gadder gadders gaddest gaddeth gaddi gadding gaddingly gaddis gaddish |
Literary usage of Gadabout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambrian (1897)
"gadabout is the most interesting pet in my family, although a tiny creature ...
gadabout is a little lizard, not quite six inches long, his tail making half ..."
2. New Monologues and Dialect Stories: A Collection of New Stories, Monologues by Mary Moncure Parker (1908)
"Mr. gadabout. "That is the plainest—the most comprehensible thing I have ever
... Mrs. gadabout. "I copied one thing she said, Jim; but I couldn't quite ..."
3. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1827)
"Harlequin, by Cervantes, out of Flora. Sir J. Byng's bf Miss Pratt, by Blacklock,
out of gadabout. ..."
4. The American Stud Book by Jockey Club (New York, N.Y.), Sanders Dewees Bruce (1898)
"gadabout, ch. m., foaled 1888; owned by DR Harness, Schooleys, 0. ... 6, page 462.
lit dam gadabout by Ten Broeck. 2d dam Netty Brady by Jack Malone. ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"Where I found all the party (of course not the QUEEN), And we saw, as we gazed
tow'rds the land from the poop, Looking what dear LORD gadabout called a ..."
6. The Cambrian (1897)
"gadabout is the most interesting pet in my family, although a tiny creature ...
gadabout is a little lizard, not quite six inches long, his tail making half ..."
7. New Monologues and Dialect Stories: A Collection of New Stories, Monologues by Mary Moncure Parker (1908)
"Mr. gadabout. "That is the plainest—the most comprehensible thing I have ever
... Mrs. gadabout. "I copied one thing she said, Jim; but I couldn't quite ..."
8. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1827)
"Harlequin, by Cervantes, out of Flora. Sir J. Byng's bf Miss Pratt, by Blacklock,
out of gadabout. ..."
9. The American Stud Book by Jockey Club (New York, N.Y.), Sanders Dewees Bruce (1898)
"gadabout, ch. m., foaled 1888; owned by DR Harness, Schooleys, 0. ... 6, page 462.
lit dam gadabout by Ten Broeck. 2d dam Netty Brady by Jack Malone. ..."
10. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"Where I found all the party (of course not the QUEEN), And we saw, as we gazed
tow'rds the land from the poop, Looking what dear LORD gadabout called a ..."
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