giddy
IPA: gˈɪdi
noun
- Someone or something that is frivolous or impulsive.
- (Britain, agriculture, veterinary medicine) Synonym of gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”)
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady; to dizzy.
- (intransitive)
- To become dizzy or unsteady.
- (obsolete) To move around something or spin rapidly; to reel; to whirl.
adjective
- Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
- Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
- Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
- (by extension)
- Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
- (dated) Used as an intensifier.
- Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
- (Britain, dialectal) Feeling great anger; furious, raging.
- (Britain, dialectal, agriculture, veterinary medicine) Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”), which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.
- (obsolete, figuratively) Of a thing, especially a ship: unsteady, as if dizzy.
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