gadfly

Meaning of gadfly

noun

a fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly.

late 16th century: from gad, or obsolete gad ‘goad, spike’, from Old Norse gaddr, of Germanic origin; related to yard¹.

Information about gadfly

It is a name.
The plural form of gadfly is: gadflies.
Languages in which gadfly is used:
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Hyphenation of gadfly

gad-fly

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
gadfly is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

gadfly synonyms

Meaning pest:

pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer

Translation of gadfly

Spanish: pesado, pesada
Italian: peste
Portuguese: peste
French: enquiquineur
German: Bremse

Words that rhyme with gadfly

shadfly, Medfly, medfly, chalcidfly, sandfly

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