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intj
An exclamation roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
One of the Israelite tribes mentioned in the Torah, descended from Gad.
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name
A male given name from Hebrew.
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name
A surname.
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noun
One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
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noun
A greedy and/or stupid person.
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Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, derogatory
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noun
A goad, a sharp-pointed rod for driving cattle, horses, etc, or one with a whip or thong on the end for the same purpose.
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Usage: UK, US, dialectal, especially
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noun
A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod or a measuring rod.
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Usage: UK, US, dialectal
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noun
A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock; a pick.
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Usage: especially
Topics: business, mining
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noun
A metal bar.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, sometimes equivalent to a bloom weighing around 100 pounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
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Synonyms: gadling, spike
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noun
Acronym of generalized anxiety disorder.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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verb
To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: gallivant
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verb
To run with the tail in the air, bent over the back, usually in an attempt to escape the warble fly.
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noun
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: spur
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Broader terms: prod, goad
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety reaction
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Broader terms: anxiety disorder
verb
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: gallivant, jazz around
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Broader terms: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
History
Euphemistic alteration of God.
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גָּד (gad), a son of Jacob.
From Middle English gadden (“to hurry, to rush about”), of obscure origin.
From Middle English gade (“a fool, simpleton, rascal, scoundrel; bastard”), from Old English *gada (“fellow, companion, comrade, associate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadō, from Proto-Germanic *gadô, *gagadô (“companion, associate”), related to Proto-West Germanic *gaduling (“kinsman”). Cognate with Dutch gade (“spouse”), German Gatte (“male spouse, husband”). See also gadling.
From Middle English gad, gadde, borrowed from Old Norse gaddr (“goad, spike”), from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (“spike, rod, stake”). Doublet of goad and yard.
Across languages
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