an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
One who roams about idly; a gadabout.
A greedy and/or stupid person.
A sharp-pointed object; a goad.
Acronym of generalized anxiety disorder.
In plain English: GAD stands for generalized anxiety disorder, which is a mental health condition involving persistent and excessive worry.
"After a particularly stressful day at work, she felt her gad symptoms flare up."
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.
In plain English: To gad means to wander around aimlessly without a specific purpose.
"The toddler gad-ed through the living room, scattering toys as he went."
An exclamatory interjection roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.
The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.