Galling vs Gadling - What's the difference?
galling | gadling |
vexing, humiliating
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roving vagabond; one who roams
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, year=1947
, year_published=2006
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, author=Thomas Bertram Costain
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A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; lowborn; originally comrade or companion, in a good sense, but later used in reproach
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, year=1906
, year_published=2008
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, author=Rudyard Kipling
, title=Puck of Pook's Hill
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A spike on a gauntlet; a gad.
As an adjective galling
is vexing, humiliating.As a verb galling
is .As a noun gadling is
roving vagabond; one who roams.galling
English
Adjective
(en adjective)World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark," guardian.co.uk , 20 June:
- Uruguay were quick to the ball, strong in the tackle and seemed intent' on showing they were a better team than had been apparent in their defeat to Costa Rica. Yet the most ' galling part for England is that they helped them on their way.
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*gadling
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=Doubleday , isbn= , page=57 , passage=I'm delighted to see you. You're as brown, my gadling , as though you had returned from another journey to the East with Jean de Village. }}
citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page=96 , passage=“Pest on him!” said De Aquila. “I have more to do than to shiver in the Great Hall for every gadling the King sends. Left he no word?” }}