Definition of "gad"
- interjection
An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to 'by God', 'goodness gracious', 'for goodness' sake'.
- verb
To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
- noun
A sharp-pointed object; a goad.
A metal bar.
A pointed metal tool for breaking or chiselling rock, especially in mining.
An indeterminate measure of metal produced by a furnace, perhaps equivalent to the bloom, perhaps weighing around 100 pounds.
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