- gadabout, gad about
- Ki'ihele, hele kauhale, 'ae'a wale, lalau.Also: 'anau hele, 'āpo'o, po'apo'apōlā, kamapuka, mā'au, pakaulei, paikaulei, paikauhale, kīhei. See vagabond and sayings, kīhei, panau.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.
gadabout, gad about
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gadabout — /gad euh bowt /, 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; n. use of v. phrase gad about] * * * … Universalium
gadabout — [gad′ə bout′] n. a person who gads about; restless seeker after fun adj. fond of gadding … English World dictionary
gad — Synonyms and related words: Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, bat, bat around, bird of passage, bum, count ties, divagate, drift, drifter, flit, floater, gad about, gadabout, gadfly … Moby Thesaurus
gadabout — (n.) 1837, from earlier noun phrase gadder about (1560s); see GAD (Cf. gad) (v.) + ABOUT (Cf. about) … Etymology dictionary
gad|a|bout — «GAD uh BOWT», noun, adjective. Informal. –n. a person who moves about restlessly or goes about looking for pleasure or excitement; person fond of going from place to place. –adj. given to gadding; rambling; wandering: »Gadabout Northerners are… … Useful english dictionary
gadabout — gad•a•bout [[t]ˈgæd əˌbaʊt[/t]] 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 • Etymology: 1810–20 … From formal English to slang
gadabout — Used of a person who is restless and constantly moves about. The original sense may have been ‘one who moved about as if stung by gad flies’. ‘Little gadabout’ is addressed to his fiancée by a man in Jennifer, by Janet Whitney … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
gadabout — Synonyms and related words: Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, bird of passage, drifter, floater, gad, go about, itinerant, mover, peregrinator, peregrine, peripatetic, rambler,… … Moby Thesaurus
travel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Go from one place to another Nouns 1. travel; traveling, wayfaring, itinerancy, tourism; journey, voyage, excursion, junket, expedition, safari, tour, [pleasure or business] trip, trek, crossing, cruise … English dictionary for students
Flying Dutchman — Synonyms and related words: AB, Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Brocken specter, Dylan, Goliard, Neptune, OD, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Poseidon, Ulysses, Varuna, White Lady, Wild Hunt, able seaman, able bodied seaman, bird of passage,… … Moby Thesaurus
