Definitions for gadfly

gadfly gad·fly

Spelling: [gad-flahy]
IPA: /ˈgædˌflaɪ/

Gadfly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in gadfly (adfgly).

Definitions for gadfly

noun

  1. any of various flies, as a stable fly or warble fly, that bite or annoy domestic animals.
  2. a person who persistently annoys or provokes others with criticism, schemes, ideas, demands, requests, etc.

Origin of gadfly

First recorded in 1585-95; gad2 + fly2

Examples for gadfly

"So it's the gadfly," thought Gemma, looking at him with some curiosity.

The gadfly uses a like forethought in selecting a place for her eggs.

The gadfly was too much exhausted to wake easily when once asleep.

Presently he heard the gadfly move restlessly two or three times.

But when I said that gadfly included vicious bullying and teen suicide, he changed tack.

Her debut novel, The Year of the gadfly, will be published by Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt in May.

If one goes by the gadfly nature of the Internet cycle these days, the Wells-Fieri fight will likely be brief.

His efforts can only be compared with those of a gadfly or a mosquito.

I asked Child whether he felt a bond with me, based on the picture for my debut novel, The Year of the gadfly.

Some gadfly stings him: he seizes his tomahawk and is off on the trail.

Word Value for gadfly
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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