Meaning & use
Gadding
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Going around from place to place in a restless or aimless search of pleasure or entertainment.
See it in a sentence
She spent the summer gadding about Europe with old college friends.
He was always gadding off somewhere instead of finishing his chores.
A note on using this word
Almost always used in the phrase 'gadding about,' the word has an old-fashioned, slightly disapproving tone.
Words with a similar meaning
roamingwandering
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Words with an opposite meaning
stayingsettling
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