gad1

 
Pronunciation: /gad/

verb (gads, gadding, gadded)

[no object] informal
  • go from place to place in the pursuit of pleasure: he had heard that I was gadding about with an airline stewardess

Phrases

on (or upon) the gad

archaic on the move: Mrs Charles’s nursery maid is alway upon the gad

Origin:

late Middle English: back-formation from obsolete gadling 'wanderer, vagabond', (earlier) 'companion', of Germanic origin