Defn: To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. "The gadding vine." Milton. Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way Jer. ii. 36.
GADABOUT
Gad"a*bout`, n.
Defn: A gadder [Colloq.]
GADBEE
Gad"bee`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The gadfly.
GADDER
Gad"der, n.
Defn: One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
GADDING
Gad"ding, a. & n.
Defn: Going about much, needlessly or without purpose.
Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets. Bacon.
The good nuns would check her gadding tongue. Tennyson.
Gadding car, in quarrying, a car which carries a drilling machine so
arranged as to drill a line of holes.
GADDINGLY
Gad"ding*ly, adv.