Gadabout (noun)
gad-ab-ow-t
A habitual pleasure-seeker.
A person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity,or one place, to another.
Example sentences
“I can never remember where he is, he’s such a gadabout.”
“She’s a real gadabout, she won’t stick to this course for longer than a month.”
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