gadder

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From gad (“gallivant”) +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#GADDER.

Noun

gadder (plural gadders)Category:English lemmas#GADDERCategory:English nouns#GADDERCategory:English countable nouns#GADDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GADDERCategory:Pages with entries#GADDERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GADDER

  1. One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
    • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Durham”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 293:
      He was no gadder abroad, credible Authors avouching that he never went out of his Cell; though both Cambridge and Rome pretend to his habitation.
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Etymology 2

From gad (“pointed metal tool”) +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (relational)#GADDER.

Noun

gadder (plural gadders)Category:English lemmas#GADDERCategory:English nouns#GADDERCategory:English countable nouns#GADDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GADDERCategory:Pages with entries#GADDERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GADDER

  1. (miningCategory:en:Mining#GADDER, historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#GADDER) A drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration.

Anagrams

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