gadder

G2A1D2D2E1R1
/ˈɡædə(ɹ)/

noun

One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.

Scrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

gadder1

noungadder (plural gadders)

plural gadders

  1. One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.

    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.

    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

gadder2

noungadder (plural gadders)

plural gadders

  1. historicalbusinessA drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration.

Origin

gadder · noun

From gad (“gallivant”) + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

gadder · noun

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

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gadder

ladderbladderaddermadderradder
All rhymes →

Anagrams

gradedEdgarddradge
Cite this entry
APA

gadder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gadder

MLA

“gadder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gadder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gadder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gadder.

Source: gadder on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.