giddy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
    vertiginous; dizzy; woozy.
    • 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
  2. adjective satellite lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
    featherbrained; airheaded; lightheaded; empty-headed; dizzy; light-headed; silly.
    • a dizzy blonde
    • light-headed teenagers
    • silly giggles

WordNet


Gid"dy adjective
Etymology
OE. gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, tremble.
Wordforms
comparative Giddier ; superlative Giddiest
Definitions
  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.
Gid"dy intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To reel; to whirl. Chapman.
Gid"dy transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make dizzy or unsteady. Obs.

Webster 1913