"gadabout" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡædəbaʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gadabout.wav Forms: gadabouts [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from gad about. Head templates: {{en-noun}} gadabout (plural gadabouts)
  1. A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: social butterfly Translations (person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others): դատարկաշրջիկ (datarkašrǰik) (Armenian), მოხეტიალე (moxeṭiale) (Georgian), მაწანწალა (mac̣anc̣ala) (Georgian), rásaí [masculine] (Irish), saltafossi [masculine] (Italian), tourepa (Maori), galbh (Scottish Gaelic), galbhag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), maol-ruanaidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), fear cèilidheach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)

Inflected forms

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        ],
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          "place",
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        ],
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          "seek#Verb"
        ],
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          "amusement"
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          "companionship"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moxeṭiale",
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          "word": "მოხეტიალე"
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          "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
          "word": "მაწანწალა"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
          "word": "tourepa"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
          "word": "galbh"
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        }
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      "roman": "datarkašrǰik",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "word": "դատարկաշրջիկ"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moxeṭiale",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "word": "მოხეტიალე"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mac̣anc̣ala",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "word": "მაწანწალა"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rásaí"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saltafossi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "word": "tourepa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "word": "galbh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "galbhag"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maol-ruanaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fear cèilidheach"
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