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gadabout
[ gad-uh-bout ]
noun
- a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- a person who travels often or to many different places, especially for pleasure.
gadabout
/ ˈɡædəˌbaʊt /
noun
- informal.a person who restlessly seeks amusement
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gadabout1
First recorded in 1810–20; noun use of verb phrase gad about
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Example Sentences
As the lake boat swung around to resume its course, the Gadabout, one hundred feet or more astern, followed.
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Without expressing the thought in his mind each boy was keeping a sharp outlook over the waters for the swift little Gadabout.
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All the world thinks that I'm a gadabout, an idler, with no interest in existence, except the pleasure I can extract.
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May I take you to your destination here in my little gadabout?
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It's the little gray gadabout we come up from the station in the other evening.
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