- gadabout
- noun Date: 1837 a person who flits about in social activity • gadabout adjective
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Gadabout — war eine US amerikanische Automobilmarke, die nur 1946 von Ray Russel in Grosse Pointe Park (Michigan) gebaut wurde. Der dreisitzige Roadster wurde auf dem Fahrgestell des MG TC aufgebaut, von dem auch Motor und Antrieb übernommen wurden. Somit… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gadabout — Gad a*bout , n. A gadder [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gadabout — (n.) 1837, from earlier noun phrase gadder about (1560s); see GAD (Cf. gad) (v.) + ABOUT (Cf. about) … Etymology dictionary
gadabout — ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who gads about … English terms dictionary
gadabout — [gad′ə bout′] n. a person who gads about; restless seeker after fun adj. fond of gadding … English World dictionary
gadabout — UK [ˈɡædəˌbaʊt] / US noun [countable] Word forms gadabout : singular gadabout plural gadabouts old fashioned someone who goes from place to place enjoying themselves, especially when they should be doing something else … English dictionary
gadabout — Used of a person who is restless and constantly moves about. The original sense may have been ‘one who moved about as if stung by gad flies’. ‘Little gadabout’ is addressed to his fiancée by a man in Jennifer, by Janet Whitney … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Gadabout Traveling Film Festival — The Gadabout Traveling Film Festival is an annual touring festival that screens a program of 20+ independent short films. Beginning in 2002, The Gadabout was started by filmmaker/musician Eric Ayotte in New Paltz, NY. We started this festival out … Wikipedia
Gadabout (automobile) — The Gadabout was an unusual American automobile manufactured in Newark, New Jersey from 1913 until 1915. A four cylinder cyclecar, it had a body woven from so called waterproof reeds ; Wise describes it as looking like a mobile wastepaper basket … Wikipedia
gadabout — /gad euh bowt /, n. 1. a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, esp. from one social activity to another. 2. a person who travels often or to many different places, esp. for pleasure. [1810 20; n. use of v. phrase gad about] * * * … Universalium
