What does "giddy" mean?

Giddy: Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. Prior. Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. The giddy motion of the whirling mill. Pope.
  2. 3.Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish hours." Rowe. "Giddy chance." Dryden. Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. Cowper.
  3. 4.To reel; to whirl. Chapman.
  4. 5.To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]

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