gad

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: generalized anxiety disorderGADanxiety reactionspurgallivantjazz around

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. 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 monthsSynonyms: generalized anxiety disorderGADanxiety reaction
  2. 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”Synonyms: spur

Verb (1)

  1. wander aimlessly in search of pleasureSynonyms: gallivantjazz around
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Gad \Gad\, n. [OE. gad, Icel. gaddr goad, sting; akin to Sw. gadd sting, Goth. gazds, G. gerte switch. See Yard a measure.]

1.The point of a spear, or an arrowhead. [1913 Webster]

2.A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc. [1913 Webster]

I will go get a leaf of brass, And with a gad of steel will write these words.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.A sharp-pointed rod; a goad. [1913 Webster]

4.A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]

5.A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in gads.— Moxon.[1913 Webster]

6.A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. [Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.] --Halliwell. Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

Upon the gad, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. [Obs.] "All this done upon the gad!" --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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