Meaning Gadfly
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GadflyA nickname for a "professional" securityholder who owns stock in various companies, attends annual meetings and asks senior management hard and often embarrassing questions.
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Gadflya persistently annoying person Mr. Phelps is regarded here as the ultimate example of an irritating local gadfly. — New York Times (Oct 9, 2010)
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Gadflyalso gad-fly, 1620s, "fly which bites cattle," probably from gad (n.) "goad, metal rod," here in the sense of "stinger;" but the sense is entangled with gad (v.) "ro [..]
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Gadfly(n) a persistently annoying person(n) any of various large flies that annoy livestock
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GadflyA person who persistently annoys or provokes others with criticism, schemes, ideas, demands, reuests, etc.
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GadflyA nickname for a "professional" securityholder who owns stock in various companies, attends annual meetings and asks senior management hard and often embarrassing questions.
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