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Examples of giddy in a Sentence
Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
But economists still widely expect inflation to gradually drift lower — perhaps just not as much as giddy investors were expecting a few months ago.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Most are giddy like Megan McDonald, who runs the Into the West furniture store near North Main Street and East Central Avenue.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon at Miller Middle School in San Jose, kids were rushing in and out of the cafeteria giddy with excitement.
—Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
Blow off work deadlines to rip around town, playing supercar taxi to giddy kids (and giddier parents).
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
Hewitt's 9-1-1 operator Maddie is giddy, ready to take a call from the mansion, while her fianceé, Chimney (Kenneth Choi), tends to a Bachelor contestant as the Bachelor and host Jesse Palmer look on.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2024
There’s always been a playful irreverence to his films, an unabashed adoration for B-movie exuberance, his outlandish stories’ faint emotional underpinnings married to giddy spectacle.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Its wobbly texture manifests the giddy vulnerability of spring and is dramatic enough to replace ham or lamb.
—Clare De Boer, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Vogue, 18 Oct. 2019
These giddying sums are shaking the landscape of pro soccer.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017
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Word History
Adjective and Verb
Middle English gidy mad, foolish, from Old English gydig possessed, mad; akin to Old English god god
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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“Giddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giddy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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