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ALL meanings of gad

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  • transitivephrasal verb gad wander or travel around a place 1
  • verb without object gad to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another: to gad about. 1
  • noun gad a son of Zilpah. Gen. 30:11. 1
  • noun gad one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from him. 1
  • noun gad a Hebrew prophet and chronicler of the court of David. II Sam. 24:11–19. 1
  • noun gad Go around from one place to another, in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment. 1
  • verb gad If you gad about, you go to a lot of different places looking for amusement or entertainment. 0
  • verb gad to go out in search of pleasure, esp in an aimless manner; gallivant 0
  • noun gad carefree adventure (esp in the phrase on or upon the gad) 0
  • noun gad a short chisel-like instrument for breaking rock or coal from the face 0
  • noun gad a goad for driving cattle 0
  • verb gad to break up or loosen with a gad 0
  • noun gad Jacob's sixth son, whose mother was Zilpah, Leah's maid 0
  • noun gad the Israelite tribe descended from him 0
  • noun gad the territory of this tribe, lying to the east of the Jordan and extending southwards from the Sea of Galilee 0
  • noun gad a prophet and admonisher of David (I Samuel 22; II Samuel 24) 0
  • interjection gad used to express surprise, disgust, etc.: a mild oath 0
  • noun gad Jacob's seventh son, whose mother was Zilpah: Gen. 30:11 0
  • noun gad the tribe of Israel descended from him: Num. 1:24 0
  • intransitive verb gad to wander about in an idle or restless way, as in seeking amusement 0
  • noun gad A sharp-pointed object; a goad. 0
  • noun gad an act of gadding 0
  • noun gad (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A metal bar. 0
  • abbreviation GAD goad 0
  • noun gad A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock, especially in mining. 0
  • noun gad any of several chisel-like or pointed bars used in mining 0
  • noun gad (dated, metallurgy) An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, perhaps equivalent to the bloom, perhaps weighing around 100 pounds. 0
  • verb transitive gad to break up or loosen (ore) with a gad 0
  • noun gad A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling. 0
  • noun gad (Britain, US, dialect) A rod or stick, such as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. 0
  • verb gad (Intransitive Verb) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner. 0
  • interjection gad An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to 'by God', 'goodness gracious', 'for goodness' sake'. 0
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