1. (n.) The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.
2. (n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc.
3. (n.) A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.
4. (n.) A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
5. (n.) A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.
6. (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.
7. (n.) To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled.
Thesaurus Entries
Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, bat, bat around, bird of passage, bum, count ties, divagate, drift, drifter, flit, floater, gad about, gadabout, gadfly, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, go-about, goad, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, itinerant, jaunt, knock about, knock around, lash, maunder, meander, mooch, mover, nomadize, oxgoad, peregrinate, peregrinator, peregrine, pererrate, peripatetic, prick, prod, prowl, ramble, rambler, range, roam, roamer, rolling stone, rove, rover, rowel, run about, run around, runabout, saunter, spur, sting, straggle, straggler, stray, stroll, stroller, strolling player, traipse, tramp, troubadour, vagabond, vagabondize, visitant, walk the tracks, wander, wanderer, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfare, whip, whiplash
