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Part of Speech: Noun

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gad

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                           The                                                         point                                                         of                                                           a                                                           spear,                                                         or                                                         an                                                         arrowhead.                                    

            2.                                             A                                                         pointed                                                         or                                                         wedge-                                                          shaped                                                         instrument                                                         of                                                         metal,                                                         as                                                           a                                                           steel                                                         wedge                                                         used                                                         in                                                         mining,                                                           etc.                                    

            3.                                             A                                                         sharp-                                                        pointed                                                         rod;                                                           a                                                         goad.                                    

            4.                                             A                                                           spike                                                         on                                                           a                                                         gauntlet;                                                           a                                                         gadling.                                    

            5.                                             A                                                         wedge-                                                          shaped                                                         billet                                                         of                                                         iron                                                         or                                                           steel.                                    

            6.                                             A                                                         rod                                                         or                                                         stick,                                                         as                                                           a                                                         fishing                                                         rod,                                                           a                                                         measuring                                                         rod,                                                         or                                                           a                                                         rod                                                         used                                                         to                                                         drive                                                         cattle                                                         with.                                    

            7.                                           To                                                         walk                                                         about;                                                         to                                                         rove                                                         or                                                         go                                                         about,                                                         without                                                         purpose;                                                         hence,                                                         to                                                         run                                                         wild;                                                         to                                                         be                                                           uncontrolled.

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" Gad, have you ever felt like another man, General? - "Her Weight in Gold", George Barr McCutcheon.
Now about I'll gad! - "Happy-Thought Hall", F. C. Burnand.
Come here, sir, at ten, and I'll see you in the sitting- room, and we'll find out what we can do for your father- curse it, it makes me feel bad; by gad, it does! - "The Story of a New York House", Henry Cuyler Bunner.

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