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Giddy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Giddy? [adj] lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [adj] having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Giddy: airheaded \| dizzy \| empty-headed \| featherbrained \| frivolous \| ill \| lightheaded \| light-headed \| sick \| silly \| vertiginous \| woozy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Giddy: addled \| adrift \| afloat \| alternating \| amorphous \| babbling \| beery \| bemused \| besotted \| blind drunk \| brainless \| capricious \| changeable \| changeful \| crapulent \| crapulous \| delirious \| desultory \| deviable \| dizzy \| drenched \| drunk \| drunken \| eccentric \| empty-headed \| erratic \| faint \| far-gone \| fast and loose \| featherbrained \| featherheaded \| fickle \| fitful \| flickering \| flighty \| flitting \| fluctuating \| flustered \| fluttery \| fou \| freakish \| fribble \| fribbling \| frivolous \| full \| gaga \| gay \| giddy-brained \| giddy-headed \| giddy-pated \| giddy-witted \| glorious \| happy \| harebrain \| harebrained \| impetuous \| impulsive \| in liquor \| incoherent \| inconsistent \| inconstant \| indecisive \| inebriate \| inebriated \| inebrious \| infirm \| intoxicated \| irregular \| irresolute \| irresponsible \| jolly \| light \| lightheaded \| light-headed \| maudlin \| mazy \| mellow \| mercurial \| merry \| moody \| muddled \| nappy \| off \| rambling \| ranting \| rattlebrained \| rattleheaded \| rattlepated \| raving \| reckless \| reeling \| restless \| roving \| scatterbrained \| scramblebrained \| shapeless \| shatterbrained \| shifting \| shifty \| shikker \| shuffling \| silly \| skittish \| sodden \| sotted \| spasmodic \| spineless \| swimming \| thoughtless \| tiddly \| tipsy \| turned around \| unaccountable \| uncertain \| uncontrolled \| undependable \| under the influence \| undisciplined \| unfixed \| unpredictable \| unreliable \| unrestrained \| unsettled \| unstable \| unstable as water \| unstaid \| unsteadfast \| unsteady \| vacillating \| vagrant \| variable \| vertiginous \| vicissitudinary \| vicissitudinous \| volatile \| wandering \| wanton \| wavering \| wavery \| wavy \| wayward \| whimsical \| wishy-washy \| witless \| woozy \| yeasty See Also \| Giddy In Webster's Dictionary \Gid"dy\, a. [Compar. {Giddier}; superl. {Giddiest}.] [OE. gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, tremble.] 1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy. By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. --Tate. 2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. --Prior. Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. --Shak. 3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. The giddy motion of the whirling mill. --Pope. 4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. ``Giddy, foolish hours.'' --Rowe. ``Giddy chance.'' --Dryden. Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. --Cowper. \Gid"dy\, v. i. To reel; to whirl. --Chapman. \Gid"dy\, v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]

Giddy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Giddy?

[adj] lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
[adj] having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"

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Giddy In Webster's Dictionary

\Gid"dy\, a. [Compar. {Giddier}; superl. {Giddiest}.] [OE.
gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw.
gidda to shake, tremble.]
1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling
   about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of
   the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall;
   lightheaded; dizzy.

         By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. --Tate.

2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a
   giddy precipice. --Prior.

         Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. --Shak.

3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round
   with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

         The giddy motion of the whirling mill. --Pope.

4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable;
   fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. ``Giddy, foolish
   hours.'' --Rowe. ``Giddy chance.'' --Dryden.

         Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm.
                                               --Cowper.


\Gid"dy\, v. i.
To reel; to whirl. --Chapman.


\Gid"dy\, v. t.
To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]

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