gad¹ /gad/

1. A miner's wedge or chisel
2. A metal spike or pointed bar (obsolete)
3. A spear (also gade or gaid /gād/; obsolete)
4. An engraver's stylus (Shakespeare)
5. A rod or stick (obsolete)
6. A goad (dialect)
7. The bar across a Scottish condemned cell, on which the iron ring ran which fastened the shackles (historical)

gadˈling noun (obsolete)

One of the spikes on the knuckles of a gauntlet

upon the gad (Shakespeare)

On the spur of the moment

gad² /gad/

(also with cap) a euphemistic form of God

gadzooksˈ interjection (archaic)

An obsolete mild oath (appar for God's hooks; see gadso)

gad³ /gad/

1. To wander about, often restlessly, idly or in pursuit of pleasure (often with about)
2. To straggle
3. To rush here and there in a wayward uncontrolled manner (obsolete)

Wandering, gadding about

gaddˈer noun

gadˈabout noun

A person who wanders restlessly from place to place, or who goes about idly looking for amusement, etc

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