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gid·dy
(gĭd′ē)adj. gid·di·er, gid·di·est
1.
a. Having a reeling, lightheaded sensation; dizzy.
b. Causing or capable of causing dizziness: a giddy climb to the topmast.
2. Frivolous and lighthearted; flighty: was giddy with excitement at the news.
intr. & tr.v. gid·died, gid·dy·ing, gid·dies
To become or make giddy.
gid′di·ly adv.
gid′di·ness n.
Word History: Though little trace of a divine provenance can be discerned in its modern meaning, giddy is derived from the same ancient Germanic word (*gudam) that has given us the word God. The Germanic word *gudigaz, formed from the word *gudam, meant "possessed by a god." Such possession can be a rather unbalancing experience, and so it is not surprising that the Old English descendant of *gudigaz, gidig, meant "mad, possessed by an evil spirit," or that the Middle English development of gidig, gidi, meant the same thing, as well as "foolish," "mad (used of an animal)," "dizzy," and "uncertain, unstable." Our sense "lighthearted, frivolous" represents the ultimate secularization of giddy.
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giddy
(ˈɡɪdɪ)adj, -dier or -diest
1. affected with a reeling sensation and feeling as if about to fall; dizzy
2. causing or tending to cause vertigo
3. impulsive; scatterbrained
4. my giddy aunt an exclamation of surprise
vb, -dies, -dying or -died
to make or become giddy
[Old English gydig mad, frenzied, possessed by God; related to God]
ˈgiddily adv
ˈgiddiness n
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gid•dy
(ˈgɪd i)adj. -di•er, -di•est, adj.
1. affected with vertigo; dizzy.
2. attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb.
3. frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty.
v.t., v.i. 4. to make or become giddy.
[before 1000; Middle English gidy, Old English gidig mad (as variant of *gydig), derivative of god God, presumably orig. “possessed by a divine being”]
gid′di•ly, adv.
gid′di•ness, n.
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giddy
Past participle: giddied
Gerund: giddying
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| I giddy |
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| he/she/it giddies |
| we giddy |
| you giddy |
| they giddy |
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| I giddied |
| you giddied |
| he/she/it giddied |
| we giddied |
| you giddied |
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| I am giddying |
| you are giddying |
| he/she/it is giddying |
| we are giddying |
| you are giddying |
| they are giddying |
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| I have giddied |
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| he/she/it has giddied |
| we have giddied |
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| I was giddying |
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| we were giddying |
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| I had giddied |
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| he/she/it had giddied |
| we had giddied |
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| I will giddy |
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| he/she/it will giddy |
| we will giddy |
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| I will have giddied |
| you will have giddied |
| he/she/it will have giddied |
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| I will be giddying |
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| he/she/it will be giddying |
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| I have been giddying |
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| I will have been giddying |
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| I would giddy |
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| I would have giddied |
| you would have giddied |
| he/she/it would have giddied |
| we would have giddied |
| you would have giddied |
| they would have giddied |
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Adj. 1. [画像:giddy - having or causing a whirling sensation]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. [画像:giddy - lacking seriousness]giddy - lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
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giddy
adjective
1. dizzy, reeling, faint, unsteady, light-headed, vertiginous He felt giddy and light-headed.
2. flighty, silly, volatile, irresponsible, reckless, dizzy, careless, frivolous, impulsive, capricious, thoughtless, impetuous, skittish, heedless, scatterbrained, ditzy or ditsy (slang) Man is a giddy creature.
flighty serious, earnest, calm, steady
flighty serious, earnest, calm, steady
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
giddy
adjective1. Having a sensation of whirling or falling:
2. Producing dizziness or vertigo:
3. Given to lighthearted silliness:
empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, harebrained, lighthearted, scatterbrained, silly.
Informal: gaga.
Slang: birdbrained, dizzy.
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Translations
مُصاب بِدُوار
působící závraťtrpící závratí
svimmel
svima-
galvos sukimasissu apsvaigusia galvasvaigus
apreibisreibinošs
majúci pocit závratu
omotičen
başı dönen
giddy
1 [ˈgɪdɪ] ADJ (giddier (compar) (giddiest (superl))) (= dizzy) → mareado ; (= causing dizziness) [height, speed] → vertiginoso ; (of character) → atolondrado, ligero de cascosto feel giddy → sentirse mareado
it makes me giddy → me marea, me da vértigo
giddy
2 [ˈgɪdɪ] EXCL giddy up! (to horse) → ¡arre!Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
giddy
[ˈgɪdi] adj (= dizzy) [person] to be giddy → avoir la tête qui tourne
to feel giddy → avoir la tête qui tourne
to feel giddy with excitement → ne plus tenir en place
to feel giddy → avoir la tête qui tourne
to feel giddy with excitement → ne plus tenir en place
[height] → vertigineux/euse
(= thoughtless) → étourdi(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
giddy
adj (+er)
(lit: = dizzy) → schwind(e)lig; giddy spells → Schwindelanfälle pl; I feel giddy → mir ist schwind(e)lig; it makes me feel giddy → mir wird (davon) schwind(e)lig; heights always make me giddy → ich bin nicht schwindelfrei
(= causing dizziness) climb, speed → schwindelerregend ; heights → schwindelerregend, schwindelnd (also fig); spin → rasend schnell
(fig: = heedless, not serious) → leichtfertig, flatterhaft ; (= excited) → ausgelassen ; their life was one giddy round of pleasure → ihr Leben bestand nur aus Jubel, Trubel, Heiterkeit ; she was giddy with excitement → sie war vor Aufregung ganz aus dem Häuschen (inf); that’s the giddy limit! (dated inf) → das ist wirklich der Gipfel or die Höhe!
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
giddy
[ˈgɪdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (dizzy) to be giddy → aver le vertigini ; (causing dizziness, height) → vertiginoso/a; (speed) → folleI feel giddy → mi gira la testa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
giddy
(ˈgidi) adjective feeling that one is going to fall over, or that everything is spinning round. I was dancing round so fast that I felt quite giddy; a giddy feeling. duiselig مُصاب بِدُوار замаян estonteado trpící závratí; působící závrať schwindelig svimmel ζαλισμένος vertiginoso; mareado (pead)pööritav دارای سرگیجه pyörryksissä pris de vertige סחרחר चक्कर लाने वाला, तेजी से घूमने वाला smušen szédül(ő) gamang svima- , stordito めまいがする 현기증이 나는 apsvaigęs, svaigus apreibis; reibinošs pening duizelig tummelumsk, svimmel oszołomiony ګيچ، سربداله estonteado ameţit испытывающий головокружение majúci pocit závratu omotičen vrtoglav yr, vimmelkantig น่าวิงเวียน başı dönen 頭暈的 запаморочливий چکرایا ہوا chóng mặt 头晕的
ˈgiddily adverb duiselig بِدُوار замаяно estonteadamente se závratí, v závrati schwindelig svimmelt ζαλισμένα vertiginosamente (pead)pööritavalt با گیجی huumaavan vertigineusement בסחרור घुमटा smušeno szédülve secara gamang svimandi; geysilega vertiginosamente めまいがして 현기증나게 su apsvaigusia galva ar apreibušu galvu pening duizelig, duizelingwekkend svimlende z zawrotem głowy ګيچی estonteadamente foarte ameţit головокружительно závratne omotično vrtoglavo vimmelkantigt ท้องไส้ปั่นป่วน başı dönerek 頭暈地 запаморочливо چکر کی حالت میں choáng váng 头晕地
ˈgiddiness noun duiseligheid دُوار замайване tontura závrať der Schwindel svimmelhed ζαλάδα vértigo (pea)pööritus گیجی huimaus vertige סחרחורת चक्कर snušenost szédülés kegamangan svimi vertigini めまい 어지러움 apsvaigimas, galvos sukimasis reibonis keadaan pening duizeligheid svimmelhet zawrót głowy ګيچی tontura ameţeală головокружение závrat omotica vrtoglavica yrsel, vimmelkantighet ความเวียนหัว; ความวิงเวียน; ความมึนงง; ความเคลิบเคลิ้ม baş dönmesi 頭暈 запаморочення چکر گھمیری sự chóng mặt 头晕
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giddy
adj (comp -dier; super -diest) mareadoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.