gadfly

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

gadflies

1.
Any dipterous (“two-winged”) insect or fly of the family Oestridae (commonly known as a botfly) or Tabanidae (horsefly), noted for irritating animals by buzzing about them, and biting them to suck their blood; a gadbee.
Đồng nghĩa: warble fly, stoat-fly, stout
2.
(also, attributive, figuratively)A person or thing that irritates or instigates.
3.
(also, attributive, figuratively)Synonym of gadabout (“a person who restlessly moves from place to place, seeking amusement or the companionship of others”).
Đồng nghĩa: social butterfly, gadabout
4.
(also, attributive, derogatory, figuratively, slang)A person who takes without giving back; a bloodsucker.
He’s a regular gadfly and takes advantage of his friend’s generosity.
Đồng nghĩa: bloodsucker, bludger, bummer, freeloader, free rider, gadfly, leech, mooch, moocher, parasite, scrounge, scrounger, scunge, smell-feast, sponge, sponger, sucker, trencher mate

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Đồng nghĩa

warble flystoat-flystoutsocial butterflygadaboutbloodsuckerbludgerbummer freeloaderfree riderleech mooch moocher parasite scrounge scrounger scungesmell-feastsponge sponger

Cùng gốc / liên quan

gadfly petrel

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From gad + fly, in the sense of a fly which irritates cattle, etc., by biting them, similar to the prodding of a goad. Gad is derived from Middle English gad, gadde, borrowed from Old Norse gaddr (spike; goad), from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz (spike; goad), further etymology uncertain. Displaced native bēaw.