verb
- moving about restlessly or aimlessly; wandering about in search of pleasure or entertainment
Usage: present participle of ‘gad’
noun
- the act of moving about restlessly or in search of pleasure
Usage: gerund form
Examples
- She spent the summer gadding about Europe with her friends.
- Stop gadding around and focus on your work.
- His gadding from town to town made it hard to reach him.
- The teenagers were gadding through the mall all afternoon.
- After retirement, she enjoyed gadding about the countryside.
- All this gadding about has left me exhausted.