gadabout

noun
/ˈɡædəbaʊt/

Etymology

Deverbal from gad about.

Definitions

  1. A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship…

    A person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others.

    • I was among the last to board the ferry. ... Chilean tourists, Uruguayan doctors, old Argentine gadabouts of high-society heritage, ladies wearing strident perfumes, families, all of them in those same light blue sneakers, like Smurfs.

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