Noun: gadfly 'gad,flI
- Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
"The telemarketer became a real gadfly, calling multiple times a day";
- pest, blighter [Brit, informal], cuss [informal], pesterer, vexer, annoyer
- Any of various large flies that annoy livestock
"The horses were bothered by gadflies in the pasture"
Derived forms: gadflies
Type of: fly, persecutor, tormenter, tormentor
Encyclopedia: Gadfly