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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. | |
2. | Promoting or inducing giddiness; | |
3. | Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. | |
4. | Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. | |
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" |
2. | giddy - lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" |