gadabout
pronunciation
How to pronounce gadabout in British English:
UK [ˈgædəbaʊt]
How to pronounce gadabout in American English:
US [ˈɡædəˌbaʊt]
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- Noun:
- a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship
Word Origin
- gadabout (n.)
- "one who gads or walks idly about, especially from motives of curiosity or gossip" [Century Dictionary], 1830; see gad (v.) + about (adv.). As an adjective from 1817. Verbal phrase gadder about is attested from 1560s.
Example
- 1. I is that a gadabout soul weep over again !
- 2. I am 1 to like a gadabout crow in the dark night .
- 3. Where have you been , you young gadabout !
- 4. Don 't would like to believe love likeness gadabout a bird of passage .