Sekirov Dictionary

giddy

/ˈɡɪd.i/

adjective9

  1. [after a verb] feeling that the head is spinning and that one might fall over, dizzy
  2. (dialect, UK) (of an animal, usually a sheep) sick with a disease in which young tapeworms grow in the brain and often make the animal walk in circles
  3. feeling so happy and excited that the head almost seems to spin
  4. silly and easily excited, acting without thinking and unable to stay serious for long
  5. [before a noun] making someone feel dizzy and likely to fall, often because it is very high or very fast
  6. going around and around very fast
  7. (dialect, UK) full of very strong anger, furious
  8. (old-fashioned) Used as an intensifier.
  9. (figurative, no longer used) Of a thing, especially a ship: unsteady, as if dizzy.

verb3

  1. To make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady; to dizzy.
  2. To become dizzy or unsteady.
  3. (no longer used) To move around something or spin rapidly; to reel; to whirl.

noun2

  1. (no longer used) Someone or something that is frivolous or impulsive.
  2. (UK, no longer used) Synonym of gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”).
forms

giddied · giddying · giddies · giddier · giddiest

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