Helen Skelton

I was lucky to spend so long on 'Blue Peter' and 'Newsround' and if you are a bit giddy, like I am, a bit daft, like I am, and you are the kind of person who makes lots of public mistakes, like I do, then it's sometimes hard for people to take me seriously.

English Entertainer

Jeff Giles

Authors all have at least one thing in common, which is that when we finally get finished copies of our books, we get giddy as kindergartners. We touch them constantly, and build towers with them, and take pictures of our cats and dogs reading them.

American Editor

Gayle King

A good restaurant just makes me giddy. I can go all day with anticipation just knowing where I'm going to eat. Sometimes it's well planned, sometimes it's spontaneous. Either way works.

American Entertainer

Kirsten Green

I am giddy with enthusiasm when my companies are doing well. And my heart hurts when they're not. Maybe that sounds very cheesy, but that's the reality of my life right now.

American Businesswoman

Maxine Peake

I get easily distracted and become a bit of a giddy giggler. I'm not good at taking myself seriously, and laughing at myself helps ease the pressure.

English Actress

Zac Brown

I was a music fan first way before I started creating it, so I still get giddy when I get to be around people that I respect so much.

American Musician

Graeme Souness

When I have an evening out I like to see big musicals where the whole audience is encouraged to giddy up out of the seat.

Scottish Athlete

Lana Condor

I think that's very important, that a friend makes you laugh, and you're just giddy around them all the time.

American Actress

Greg Behrendt

I get giddy with the idea of stringing words together that make people laugh.

American Comedian

William Shakespeare

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

English Playwright

Refers to a physical feeling, like spinning or losing balance, not just emotional excitement.

Physical Sensation

Often used when high up and feeling dizzy, such as on a tall ladder or building.

Caused by Heights

Can describe being so happy or excited that you feel dizzy or lightheaded.

Emotionally Overwhelmed

'Giddy' can describe someone acting in a playful, frivolous manner without serious intent.

Playful Behavior

Indicates a carefree or cheerful state of mind; not meant to be taken seriously.

Lighthearted Mood

When describing silly behavior, 'giddy' is casual and might be inappropriate in formal contexts.

Informal Usage

 It evokes the giddy disorientation that you feel in an unfamiliar place. One of my favorite parts of being a historian is when something I've completely taken for granted, some very familiar part of my life, is suddenly made strange again. Dépaysement is unsettling,

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 or the girl with the walker and the communication device who is a precious little angel. This story rears its head in my daughter's life around Christmastime, when certain people get positively giddy at the thought of seeing her in angel's wings and a halo

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 suggested giving a sanitary pad to a girl in the developing world would change her life forever the pad would be her ticket to a bright future and a better education you know a happily ever after giddy with this idea we decided to

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 driven anything like this, so-- but I drive, so giddy up. - With just two days left to claim the top spot, they're gunning it through the rugged back country of Suquamish, toward their final destination in Vancouver.

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 yourself now we all know what fun it is to go to a theme park and take some wild ride that makes us feel like work out of control is this the dung beetle version of this same giddy urge no safety harness no

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 I'm almost dead inside up here. Diagnosis gave me a framework on which to hang bits of me I could never understand. My misfit suddenly had a fit, and for a while, I got giddy with a newfound confidence

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 to go to a theme park and take some wild ride that makes us feel like work out of control is this the dung beetle version of this same giddy urge no safety harness no crash helmet buzz wicked cool

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 were giddy we were incredulous we were sleep deprived beyond words it was so tiring but we were just running on adrenaline you know and it was just so much fun it was the most fun I've ever

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 the sensations ow cool drops felt against the chill sends me into a kind of giddy the clouds left

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 transition and embracing of this new life and we've been kind of giddy entire Oh nervous