"gadfly" meaning in Englisch

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Noun

Audio: En-au-gadfly.ogg Forms: the gadfly [singular], the gadflies [plural]
  1. Bremse, Viehbremse
    Sense id: de-gadfly-en-noun-lYs88sW0
  2. Person, die unangenehme Fragen stellt; Quälgeist, Nervtöter, Störenfried
    Sense id: de-gadfly-en-noun-FXUT21mh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Bremse, Viehbremse): Bremse [feminine] (Deutsch), Viehbremse [feminine] (Deutsch) Translations (Person, die unangenehme Fragen stellt; Quälgeist, Nervtöter, Störenfried): Quälgeist [masculine] (Deutsch), Nervtöter [masculine] (Deutsch), Störenfried [masculine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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