giddy
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb.
frivolous and lighthearted; flighty: a giddy young person.
to make or become giddy.
Origin of giddy
1Other words for giddy
Other words from giddy
- gid·di·ly, adverb
- gid·di·ness, noun
- un·gid·dy, adjective
Words Nearby giddy
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How to use giddy in a sentence
When the Steamboat Powdercats mechanic helped us jump the dead battery in my Toyota 4Runner, we were as giddy as we had been when we were roommates in the late 1990s when everything about our lives revolved around powder, sun, skiing and friends.
Why and how to plan next season’s epic ski trip | Rachel Walker | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostThe Board of Supervisors kicks off the effort to rewrite its plan on Wednesday with a Democrat majority for the first time in decades, a change environmentalists are giddy will lead to more progressive steps to address climate change.
County’s New Climate Plan Could Use the System That Doomed the Old Plan | MacKenzie Elmer | January 13, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoShe described that people surrounding her were giddy, excited and angry.
What it was like to photograph the insurrection at the Capitol | Alex Scimecca | January 9, 2021 | FortuneAt one recent event in Topeka, she seemed giddy when she described polls the campaign has said are turning her way.
‘Not a fair fight’: In Kansas, GOP frustrated as money rolls in for Democrat and Senate race tightens | Annie Gowen | October 21, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s about taking time to process a shared, giddy leap into the future with the person you love most—and just because you can’t trek on a glacier doesn’t mean your love is anything less of an adventure.
I found this as exciting as Enright did—she sounded giddy—but one of my coworkers was less enthused.
Adnan Killed Her! No, Jay Did It! Serial’s Uncertain, True-to-Reality End | Emily Shire | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis | Nina Strochlic | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe prevailing color is pink; the headgear: red bows and ears; the guests: super giddy.
Explosion of Cute: Inside the Superfan Mania of Hello Kitty Con 2014 | Sarah Bay Williams | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis giddy glee turns sickening when you consider the coldhearted inhumanity that necessarily lies beneath.
After a friend shared the Kickstarter campaign, she felt giddy.
He who has attained it grows giddy, and the fiercest winds are summoned to blow him from his eminence.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe silent parterre would be gay with a giddy, chattering mob of Society people before long, Vera hurriedly explained.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteThe mountain paths were narrow; they were often a mere cornice or ledge projecting over a giddy precipice.
Rudy and Babette | Hans Christian AndersenThe vapours revolve, the waves spin, the giddy Naiads roll; sea and sky are livid; noises as of cries of despair are in the air.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoThis is a cluster of white houses on the sea-beat foot of a hill that sweeps upward to the giddy white clouds.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson Young
British Dictionary definitions for giddy
/ (ˈɡɪdɪ) /
affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy
causing or tending to cause vertigo
impulsive; scatterbrained
my giddy aunt an exclamation of surprise
to make or become giddy
Origin of giddy
1Derived forms of giddy
- giddily, adverb
- giddiness, noun
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