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as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity
the giddy youngsters continued to laugh, joke, and make faces during the ceremonies the old guy's having an affair with a giddy twentysomething
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as in dizzy
having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down
I love the giddy feeling you get riding roller coasters
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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
he's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine
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Recent Examples of giddy
For now, crypto investors are giddy — and hopeful bitcoin's golden moment stays awhile.
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Rafael Nam, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
This all makes for a casual, somewhat giddy atmosphere, like a house party full of unusually attractive people.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
As mentioned before, there is at least one (and probably more) distiller who is not as giddy about the new rules.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
Other tribes of music-heads danced through dawn on muddy hillsides, barely sleeping or eating through the driving rain, dazed but giddy to take part in a massive, improbable event.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Rafael Nam, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
This all makes for a casual, somewhat giddy atmosphere, like a house party full of unusually attractive people.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
As mentioned before, there is at least one (and probably more) distiller who is not as giddy about the new rules.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
Other tribes of music-heads danced through dawn on muddy hillsides, barely sleeping or eating through the driving rain, dazed but giddy to take part in a massive, improbable event.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ultimately, while The Substance got off to an intriguing start, the majority of the film and especially its goofy ending was mostly cheap shock value and amateurish satire built on the flimsiest premise imaginable.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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For three seasons in Laramie, Wyo., Allen heaved 75-yard bombs in practice, lived off Applebee’s and charmed teammates with his leadership style, a goofy sincerity and plenty of drinking games.—
Rustin Dodd,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Dizziness People with celiac disease may feel dizzy at times.—
Daniel More,
Verywell Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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The alleged victim, 28, complained of pain in his face and feeling dizzy, but refused medical attention while on the fitness center’s premises.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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The title track starts off sounding like gamelan music, then turns into a busy-grooved evocation on finding catharsis by going for a swim at a busy beach, creating her own ecstatic iteration of traditional baptismal blues imagery.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
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Breakthroughs in reasoning are why many AI experts waxed ecstatic over OpenAI’s release of its o3 and o3 mini models last month.—
Clint Boulton,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Couple Next Door The Bottom Line PG-13 partner-swapping upstaged by silly thriller subplots.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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In the unreliable reality the older Owen inhabits, his favorite childhood show was in fact silly, sloppy, and decidedly low-stakes.—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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In my experience, even attempting to get a price estimate beforehand is often futile.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Unnecessary pesticides are costly and often futile, and hey may kill beneficial insects and plants.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2025
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Related Stories That this tragedy took place on Hollywood’s doorstep adds a woozy, surreal element.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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There was a woozy unreality about that first glimpse.—
Peter Ross,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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