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English Dictionary: giddy	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for giddy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
giddy 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" Synonym(s): dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" Synonym(s): airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light- headed, lightheaded, silly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Giddy \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. [bd]Giddy, foolish hours.[b8] --Rowe. [bd]Giddy chance.[b8] --Dryden. Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Giddy \Gid"dy\, v. i. To reel; to whirl. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Giddy \Gid"dy\, v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]