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How to use giddy in a sentence

24 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Giddy means feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy. Example: “The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.”

Examples of giddy by meaning

adjectiveFeeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

  • The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.
  • Susan loved to drink wine, and I was not a drinker at all, so I'd just sit there and watch her drink glass after glass and get giddier and giddier.2010 April 12, Bruce Kimmel, chapter 6, in “There’s Mel, There’s Woody, and There’s You”: My Life in the Slow Lane, Bloomington, Ind....

adjectiveCausing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.

  • They climbed to a giddy height.

adjectiveUnable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.

  • "Don't play the giddy ox," said Philip.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 47

adjectiveUsed as an intensifier.

  • A giddy lot Scudder's friends cared for peace and reform.1915 August–September, John Buchan, “The Adventure of the Radical Candidate”, in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Edinburgh; London: William...

adjectiveJoyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.

  • The boy was giddy when he opened his birthday presents.

verbTo become dizzy or unsteady.

  • Giddied, he gave up a moment's purchase of ground.1981, Nadine Gordimer, July’s People, 1st UK edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], →ISBN, page 98

More sentences with giddy

  • My little brother Trevor was so giddy he finally got his blood wings today!From the entry blood wings
  • Lambda, on the other hand, was practically giddy when she finished crawling through the lander.2022, James Breakwell, The Chosen Twelve. From the entry lambda
  • In a giddy moment they had also papier-mâchéd the legs of the card table.1990, Sarah Ellis, Next-Door Neighbors, New York, N.Y.: Margaret K. McElderry Books, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry papier-mâché
  • The mill lasted four rounds, when giddy little Ettie was declared the victress.1902 October 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 5, column 6. From the entry mill
  • She was actually feeling a little giddy and urpy."2022, Terri Martin, High on the Vine: Featuring Yooper Entrepreneurs Tami & Evi Maki (Cousins, Thrice Removed), Gnarly Woods Publications…. From the entry urpy
  • Are his patrons simply too giddy in this post-pandemic moment to muster sustained outrage over his outré behavior?2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times. From the entry outré
  • After months of giddy motion, when audiences provided every stimulus he needed, the concertless days stretched ahead with terrible tedium.2019, Philip Norman, Sir Elton. From the entry concertless
  • Neu’s “Remembrance of Tom Purdue” is a self-consciously giddy romp through the nexus of gay camp culture and super-straight he-man stereotypes.2000, Karen Munro, “Uncanny Camp”, in The Lesbian Review of Books, volume 6, number 3, Review of The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Other…. From the entry superstraight
  • Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was.1999, Mary Ann Mitchell, Drawn To The Grave. From the entry sadden
  • Don’t you play the giddy ox with me!1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry debag
  • Then they returned in such a giddy mood that I could have easily mistaken my mother for one of Becky's dingbatty friends.2001, John Fischer, Saint Ben with the Saint's and Angel's Song, page 142. From the entry dingbatty
  • For one thing, it was a maiden voyage, which always meant both passengers and staff were a little giddier, a little looser, than usual.1998, Cynthia Bass, Maiden Voyage, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN. From the entry maiden voyage
  • I'm as giddy as a windmill.1907, Ernest George Henham, Arminel of the West, page 252. From the entry giddy as a windmill
  • To his right fell a gleaming sheet of water, and below it was a maelstrom, that made one giddy by its terrific gyrations.1905, James Edward Preston Muddock, “A Petrified Forest”, in The Sunless City […], London: F. V. White & Co., →OCLC. From the entry maelstrom
  • Awash in its fragrance, like a kandhuli fish rippling in a pond and making liquid motifs of rings and bangles, her head grew giddier and her heart beat faster.2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 1. From the entry kandhuli
  • The dancers express giddy playfulness in terms of exaggeration: overarticulated beats of the feet, flamboyantly oversized port de bras, and patently unballetic shimmies of the shoulder.2006, Thomas F. DeFrantz, Dancing Revelations, page 150. From the entry unballetic
  • But he suits the group well: their giddy mix of ork pop, jam pop, and extremely white reggae plays shamelessly to fans of cutesy college rock.2004 February 20, Monica Kendrick, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry ork pop

Meaning of giddy

  1. adjective Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
  2. adjective Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
  3. adjective Moving around something or spinning rapidly.

Full definition of giddy

Questions about giddy in a sentence

How do you use giddy in a sentence?
Giddy is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “The man became giddy upon standing up so fast.”
What is a short sentence with giddy?
“I'm as giddy as a windmill.”
What does giddy mean?
Giddy means feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

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