giddy
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
- Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
- Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
- Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
- Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous: Used as an intensifier.
- Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
- Feeling great anger; furious, raging.
- Of an animal, chiefly a sheep: affected by gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”), which may result in the animal turning around aimlessly.
- Of a thing, especially a ship: unsteady, as if dizzy.
Noun
- Someone or something that is frivolous or impulsive.
- Synonym of gid (“a disease caused by parasitic infestation of the brain by tapeworm larvae”).
Verb
- To make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady; to dizzy.
- To become dizzy or unsteady.
- To move around something or spin rapidly; to reel; to whirl.
Proper noun
- A surname.
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