gadder

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡædə(ɹ)/
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  • Rhymes: -ædə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From gad (“gallivant”) +‎ -er.

Noun

gadder (plural gadders)

  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.

Etymology 2

From gad (“pointed metal tool”) +‎ -er.

Noun

gadder (plural gadders)

  1. (mining, historical) A drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration.

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