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4 definitions found 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. ``Giddy, foolish hours.'' --Rowe. ``Giddy chance.'' --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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: giddy adj 1: 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" [syn: {dizzy}, {woozy}, {vertiginous}] 2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded}, {dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {light-headed}, {silly}]
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