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head-spinning

head-spinning adjective: incredible, overwhelming.

Adjective

head-spinning (comparative more head-spinning, superlative most head-spinning)

  1. (idiomatic) Incredible, overwhelming.
    • It’s all very headspinning, and there is real Yellow Submarine quality to the film’s innocent urgency and idealism which take it to the very brink of incoherence.2020 October 13, Peter Bradshaw, “Soul review – Pixar's rapturous tale of a jazz nut on a surreal out-of-body journey”, in The Guardian
    • Across the country, Democratic voters who have been reeling from Mr. Trump’s sweeping and possibly illegal cuts to government, his head-spinning policy moves, and his politicization of federal law enforcement are growing more and more incensed at their own party’s seemingly feckless response.2025 March 20, Cameron Joseph, “Panicked Democratic voters are turning on their own leaders”, in The Christian Science Monitor

Forms of head-spinning

comparativemore head-spinning
superlativemost head-spinning
alternative formheadspinning

Words formed from head-spinning

Questions about head-spinning

What does head-spinning mean?
Head-spinning means incredible, overwhelming.
What part of speech is head-spinning?
Head-spinning is an adjective.

Words near head-spinning in the dictionary

  1. head-shy
  2. Head-Smashed-In
  3. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  4. head-space
  5. head-spaces
  6. head-spinning
  7. head-spinningly
  8. head-the-ball
  9. head-the-balls
  10. head-tire
  11. head-tires

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