Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - gadfly
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Gadfly
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(gadflies) If you refer to someone as a gadfly, you believe that they deliberately annoy or challenge other people, especially people in authority. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: 1gad Date: 1593 1. any of various flies (as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock 2. a person who stimulates or annoys especially by persistent criticism ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -flies) 1 a cattle-biting fly, esp. a warble fly, horsefly, or bot-fly. 2 an irritating or harassing person. Etymology: obs. gad goad, spike f. ON gaddr, rel. to YARD(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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