Giddy

a.	1.
	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. 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. Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. - Cowper.
v. i.	1.	To reel; to whirl.
v. t.	1.	To make dizzy or unsteady.

Adj.	1.	giddy - 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" Synonyms: dizzy, vertiginous, woozy
	2.	giddy - lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" Synonyms: empty-headed, featherbrained, airheaded, dizzy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly

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