SINCE 1828
gadder
noun (1)
gad·der
| \ ˈgadə(r), -aad-\
plural -s
Definition of gadder
(Entry 1 of 2)
: one that travels about habitually, restlessly, or with chiefly social purposes
gadder
noun (2)
\ "\
plural -s
Definition of gadder (Entry 2 of 2)
: a traveling drilling machine used in quarrying to make a line of holes into which gads are driven to break out the stone
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