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swimmy

UK/ˈswɪ.mi/

swimmy adjective: dizzy; swirling or moving as if seen in a daze.

Adjective

swimmy (comparative more swimmy or swimmier, superlative most swimmy or swimmiest)

  1. Dizzy; swirling or moving as if seen in a daze.
    • I hadn't noticed at Peter Anderson's—my head was too swimmy to notice anything.1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson and His Mates
    • "I guess it was the heat, but I felt swimmy for a moment. That's all."1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Noun

swimmy (plural swimmies)

  1. An inflatable armband to help children swim.

Forms of swimmy

Adjective
comparativemore swimmy
comparativeswimmier
superlativemost swimmy
superlativeswimmiest
Noun
pluralswimmies

Origin of swimmy

From swim + -y.

Words formed from swimmy

Questions about swimmy

What does swimmy mean?
Swimmy means dizzy; swirling or moving as if seen in a daze.
What part of speech is swimmy?
Swimmy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce swimmy?
Swimmy is pronounced /ˈswɪ.mi/ (UK).

Words near swimmy in the dictionary

  1. swimmingly
  2. swimmingness
  3. swimmings
  4. swimmist
  5. swimmists
  6. swimmy
  7. swimnastic
  8. swimnastics
  9. swimoff
  10. swimoffs
  11. swimrun

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