gadabout

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gadabout

/ˈɡædəbaʊt/

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Deverbal from gad about.

noun gadabouts

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.
Similar: social butterfly

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noun person who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others

Italiano	saltafossi

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@misc{gadabout_2026,
  title = {gadabout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gadabout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}