giddy+person
1giddy — giddy, dizzy, vertiginous, swimming, dazzled are comparable when meaning affected by or producing a sensation of being whirled about or around and consequently confused. Giddy and dizzy are often used interchangeably with one another but giddy is …
2Giddy-head — Gid dy head , n. A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. [Colloq.] Burton. [1913 Webster] …
3giddy — giddily, adv. giddiness, n. /gid ee/, adj., giddier, giddiest, v., giddied, giddying. adj. 1. affected with vertigo; dizzy. 2. attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb. 3. frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty: a giddy young… …
4giddy kipper — Noun. An overexcitable person …
5swindler — 1774, from Ger. Schwindler giddy person, extravagant speculator, cheat, from schwindeln to be giddy, act extravagantly, swindle, from O.H.G. swintilon be giddy, frequentative form of swintan to languish, disappear; cognate with O.E. swindan, and… …
6space out — 1. n. a giddy person. (Usually space out.) □ Terry is becoming such a space out! □ What a space out you are! 2. AND space in. to become giddy; to become disoriented. □ She is spacing again. She doesn’t even know where she is …
7ding-a-ling — [“dirjalirj] n. a stupid person; a giddy person who hears bells. □ This ding a ling comes up and asks me for a dollar for the orphans. I tell her I got all the orphans I can use at any price. □ Who’s the ding a ling who painted the windows stuck? …
8swindle — I. verb (swindled; swindling) Etymology: back formation from swindler, from German Schwindler giddy person, from schwindeln to be dizzy, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of swintan to diminish, vanish; akin to Old English swindan to… …
9featherbrain — featherbrained, adj. /fedh euhr brayn /, n. a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain. Also, featherhead. [1830 40; FEATHER + BRAIN] * * * …
10shatter-brain — n. Scatter brain, giddy person …
