gadabout

gad·a·bout

(găd′ə-bout′)

One who roams or roves about, as in search of pleasure or amusement.

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gadabout

(ˈɡædəˌbaʊt)

informal a person who restlessly seeks amusement

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gad•a•bout

(ˈgæd əˌbaʊt)

n.

1. a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, esp. from one social activity to another.

2. a person who travels often or to many different places, esp. for pleasure.

[1810–20]

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gadabout - a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship

quester, searcher, seeker - someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth"

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vagabondo

gadabout

[ˈgædəbaʊt] N → azotacalles mf inv, pindonga f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gadabout

n → rastloser Geist; (who likes travelling) → Reiseonkel m → /-tante f; she’s a real gadabout, out somewhere every evening → sie ist sehr unternehmungslustig, jeden Abend ist sie irgendwo anders

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gadabout

[ˈgædəˌbaʊt] n (fam) → girellone/a

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"I am not to be stopped on the king's service by every gadabout."

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Yet why should I, after all, abuse the gadabout propensities of my countrymen?

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"I've no time to talk to every gadabout. We want no stranger here.

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In France, meliora probant, deteriora sequuntur - the people are too much a race of gadabouts to maintain those household proprieties of which, indeed, they have a delicate appreciation, or at least the elements of a proper sense.

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Considering the long-lasting impact the gadabout and bloodthirsty Romans had on Britain, and of which we have exhaustive knowledge, this movie is never horrible or historical enough.

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"The Knight, Sir Gadabout, is one of my favourite comic characters because he's such an upper-class twit.

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The knight, Sir Gadabout is one of my favourite comic characters because he's such an upper-class twit.

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Luckily, the plucky Princess Pearl patches him up ready to face his biggest challenge yet - a duel with Gadabout the Great.

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Luckily, the plucky Princess Pearl patches him up ready to face his biggest challenge yet a duel with a knight, Sir Gadabout the Great!