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  • 31giddy — adjective 1) just one beer would make him feel giddy Syn: dizzy, lightheaded, faint, weak, vertiginous; unsteady, shaky, wobbly; informal woozy Ant: steady 2) she was young and giddy Syn …

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  • 32giddy — adjective 1) she felt giddy Syn: dizzy, light headed, faint, unsteady, wobbly, reeling; informal woozy 2) she was young and giddy Syn: flighty, silly, frivolous, skittish, ir …

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  • 33giddy — UK [ˈɡɪdɪ] / US adjective Word forms giddy : adjective giddy comparative giddier superlative giddiest 1) suddenly feeling that you might become unconscious and fall 2) very excited and happy …

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  • 34giddy — gid•dy [[t]ˈgɪd i[/t]] adj. di•er, di•est, 1) pat affected with vertigo; dizzy 2) attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb[/ex] 3) frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty 4) to make or become giddy • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME gidy …

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  • 35Giddy up! — [“gidi...] exclam. Move faster! (Said to a horse to start it moving. Also said to people or things as a joke.) □ Giddy up, Charlie! It’s time to start moving. □ Let’s get going, chum. Giddy up! …

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  • 36giddy — adj. & v. adj. (giddier, giddiest) 1 having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall, stagger, or spin round. 2 a overexcited as a result of success, pleasurable emotion, etc.; mentally intoxicated. b excitable, frivolous. 3 tending to make …

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  • 37giddy-headed — /gid ee hed id/, adj. Chiefly Southern U.S. giddy (def. 1). * * * giddˈy headed adjective Thoughtless, frivolous • • • Main Entry: ↑giddy …

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  • 38giddy-headed — /gid ee hed id/, adj. Chiefly Southern U.S. giddy (def. 1). * * * …

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  • 39giddy — gid·dy gid ē adj, gid·di·er; est 1) DIZZY 2) affected with gid <giddy sheep> gid·di·ness nəs n …

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  • 40giddy — [OE] Like enthusiastic, the etymological meaning of giddy is ‘possessed by a god’. Its distant ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic adjective *guthigaz, which was derived from *gutham ‘god’. This produced Old English gidig, which meant ‘insane’ or …

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