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GAD

UK/ɡæd/ US/ɡæd/ uncommon dated obsolete uk us
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

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a sharp prod fixed to a rider''s heel and used to urge a horse onward

  • “cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on”
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From Middle English gade (“a fool, simpleton, rascal, scoundrel; bastard”), from Old English *gada (“fellow, companion, comrade, associate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadō, from Proto-Germanic *gadô, *gagadô (“companion, associate”), related to Proto-West Germanic *gaduling (“kinsman”). Cognate with Dutch gade (“spouse”), German Gatte (“male spouse, husband”). See also gadling.

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