Reverse Dictionary: GIDDY

ADJECTIVES
​1661 ► RATTLE-NODDLED characterized by foolish noisy levity of character or conduct; giddy, harebrained, flighty, noisy, wild; rattle-headed → obs.
1366 ► VOLAGE giddy, foolish; fickle, inconstant, inconsiderate
1398 ► TURNGIDDY giddy as from turning round; dizzy; affected with vertigo → obs.
1440 ► TURN-SICK affected with vertigo; giddy, dizzy → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1450 ► HIDDIE-GIDDIE confused, giddy, wanton → Sc.
1530 ► COCK-BRAINED having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty
1538 ► WANTON capricious, frivolous, giddy → obs. obs.
1540 ► SWIME giddy, dazed → obs.
1566 ► GIDDISH giddy, fickle, foolish → obs.
1575 ► DAFT thoughtless or giddy in one’s mirth; madly gay or frolicsome → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1599 ► WESTY dizzy, giddy; light-headed, confused → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1628 ► HEADY affected in the head; giddy → obs.
1628 ► INGIDDIED made giddy or unsteady → obs.
1638 ► UNCANNY giddy, careless, incautious, imprudent Ï→ orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1640 ► FLOCK-PATED silly, stupid, foolish; giddy; having a head or brains like wool → obs.
1647 ► RATTLE-HEADED empty-headed, stupid; foolish and noisy; talkative, chattering, giddy, flighty, hare-brained 
1650 ► SWIMMERING obs. rare – giddy
1724 ► HALOKIT giddy, thoughtless, foolish, crazy → Sc.
1740 ► MAZY → MEAZY giddy, dizzy, confused in the head → Eng. dial.
1759 ► VOLISH giddy, inconsiderate → Sc. obs.
1761 ► RAMBLE-HEADED of a wandering, giddy disposition → obs.
1775 ► FLYAWAY frivolous or flighty; giddy 
1787 ► HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted → Sc.
1790 ► DAUSEY-HEADED giddy, thoughtless; bewildered, confused → Eng. dial. 
1790 ► HODDY-DODDY giddy, drunk → Eng. dial.
..19C ► FLAPPY giddy, unsteady → Eng. dial.
..19C ► WHIZZLE-BRAINED giddy, thoughtless, harebrained → Eng. dial.
..19C ► WIZZLE-PATED giddy, harebrained, thoughtless → Eng. dial.
1810 ► GAUFFIN light-headed, foolish, thoughtless, giddy → Sc.
1815 ► HELLICAT giddy, light-headed, flighty, half-witted → Sc.
1820 ► FEATHER-BRAINED foolish, giddy, light-headed
1820 ► FEATHER-PATED foolish, giddy, light-headed, silly
1820 ► KECKLING chuckling, noisy; of a giddy disposition → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1822 ► TAFFEREL thoughtless, foolish, giddy; also, ill-dressed → Sc.
1823 ► LOUP-THE-DIKE giddy, flighty → Sc.
1824 ► BARMY-BRAINED foolish, giddy, flighty; light-headed → Sc.
1824 ► RAMMEL-HEADED of a wandering, giddy disposition → Sc.
1825 ► CORKY-HEADED light-headed, giddy → Sc.
1836 ► SWIMMY inclined to dizziness or giddiness
1847 ► CRANNY giddy, thoughtless → Eng. dial.
1851 ► BALMY crazy; giddy and aloof → colloq.
1854 ► MEAZY-SOW giddy, empty-headed → Eng. dial.
1863 ► HEADLAND headlong, precipitate, giddy → Eng. dial.
1863 ► HEDLIN headlong, precipitate, giddy → Eng. dial.
1866 ► WHIZZY dizzy, giddy; confused → Eng. dial.
1880 ► TANTY unstable, ready to fall, giddy → Sc.
1885 ► MIZ-MAZE giddy; confused, bewildered → Eng. dial.
1887 ► MAZED stunned, confused, stupefied, dizzy, giddy, confused in the head → Eng. dial.
1892 ► MAZED-HEADED → MAZE-HEADED dizzy, giddy; bewildered, stupefied, confused → Eng. dial.
1898 ► ALLAVOLIE → ALLEVOLIE giddy, volatile → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 ► CARNEY giddy, thoughtless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 ► HEAD-LIGHT giddy, dizzy, light-headed → Sc.
..20C ► CALEERIED scatterbrained, giddy → Ireland
1900 ► GOGGLE-HEADED unsteady, shaky; giddy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► GOGGLY unsteady, shaky; giddy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HALLIRACKIT giddy, hare-brained → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAZZING giddy, light-headed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RANISH → RANNISH → RENNISH rash, giddy, rough; furious, violent → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► VOLAGEOUS very giddy and light → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1955 ► ALTITUDE-HAPPY giddy from the effects of too much oxygen → Amer. aviation usage
2000 ► AIRHEADED stupid, giddy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DINGY giddy; loony → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DITSY → DITZY giddy; unaware; flighty → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1000 ► SWIME dizziness, giddiness; swooning, a swoon → obs.
1000 ► SWINGLING giddiness, dizziness, vertigo → obs.
1382 ► TURNGIDDY giddiness, dizziness → obs.
1398 ► TURNGIDDINESS giddiness, dizziness → obs.
1527 ► SWINDLING dizziness, giddiness, vertigo → obs.
1530 ► SWIMMING a state of dizziness or giddiness; vertigo
1559 ► SWINDLE dizziness, giddiness, vertigo → obs.
1561 ► DUSELING dizziness, giddiness → obs.
1650 ► SWIMMERING a state of dizziness or giddiness → obs.
1819 ► KECKLING noisy laughter; giddy conduc→ Sc.
1833 ► BUTTERFLYISM frivolous behaviour; giddiness → obs.
1871 ► KECKLE a chuckle; noisy laughter; giddy behaviour → Sc.
1880 ► CALEERINESS giddiness; fun; mischief → Sc. & Ireland
1894 ► SWIMMINESS dizziness or giddiness
1899 ► HEAD-LIGHTNESS giddiness, dizziness → Sc.

NOUNS, PERSON
1225 ► GIG a flighty, giddy, or frivolous girl → obs.
1340 ► GIGLET → GIGLOT a giddy, laughing, romping girl; a merry, light-hearted, playful girl
1340 ► GIGLO a merry, light-hearted, laughing, romping girl; a giddy, silly, thoughtless girl
1500 ► BUTTERFLY a capricious, giddy, or frivolous person, esp. one having a gaudy or showy appearance
1508 ► HALLICK → HALLOCK → HALOCK → HALOK a wild, giddy girl → Sc.
1529 ► GILLIE → GILLY a fickle, giddy, flirtatious, loose, or wanton young woman → obs. exc. Sc.
1550 ► HAIR-BRAIN → HARE-BRAIN one who has a brain like a hare’s, or no more brain than a hare; a giddy or reckless person; an oaf; a fool → obs.
1589 ► GOOSECAP a silly fellow; a stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; an idiot; a giddy or flighty young girl → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
..L16 ► FONKIN a giddy little oaf → colloq.
..E17 ► FLEAK a woman; a foolish or giddy woman → Brit. colloq, derogatory
1611 ► AIRLING a young, thoughtless, gay person; a giddy, frivolous person; a coxcomb
1611 ► GILL-FLIRT a thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt, a tease, a wanton; a light or loose woman; a prostitute
1611 ► GIXY a giddy, frivolous girl; a wench; a lively lass; a wanton woman → obs.
1611 ► MADPASH a foolish or insane person; a lunatic, a mad fellow; a crackbrained person; a scatterbrain; a hot-headed person; a rash or turbulent person; a wild, giddy person → obs.
1632 ► GIPSY a term of contempt for a woman, as being cunning, deceitful, fickle, or the like; in more recent use merely playful, and applied esp. to a brunette; a thoughtless, giddy girl; sometimes used playfully as a term of endearment
1641 ► GIDDY-HEAD a giddy, frivolous person; one without serious thought or sound judgement
1652 ► GIDDY-BRAIN a giddy, frivolous person; a light-headed, stupid person
1683 ► FLIRTIGIG a giddy, flighty girl; a flirtatious and wanton young woman → Eng. dial. & colloq.
..18C ► FLIP-FLAP a flighty woman; a giddy girl → Brit. sl.
1706 ► GINKER a libertine; a giddy or wanton girl; a prostitute → Sc.
1728 ► TAPIE → TAPPIE → TAPPY → TAUPIE → TAWPIE a giddy, scatterbrained, untidy, awkward, or careless person; generally applied to young women, occasionally to men → Sc.
1755 ► GILLET a giddy or flighty young woman; a jilt; sometimes a familiar or contemptuous term for a girl or young woman, a wench → Sc.
1768 ► GEEGLIT a giglet; a giddy, thoughtless girl → Sc. obs.
1784 ► HAIRUM SCAIRUM → HARUM-SCARUM a wild fellow; a giddy, rash, harebrained person
1785 ► JADE a giddy young girl, used in a playful sense → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1785 ► RATTLE-HORN a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt → Eng. dial.
1789 ► RATTLE-PATE a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 ► RATTLE-SCULL → RATTLE-SKULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt  → Sc.
1790 ► SKITE a boyish, giddy person → Amer. dial.
..19C ► FRISGIG → FRIZGIG a silly, giddy young woman → Eng. dial.
..19C ► RATTLE a giddy, harebrained person; one who talks volubly; a chatterer; a stupid fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C ► RATTLE-CAP a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt → Eng. dial.
..19C ► RATTLE-TRAPS a noisy, talkative person; a lively giddy girl → Eng. dial.
1803 ► HALLIRAKUS a giddy, hare-brained person → Sc.
1807 ► WINDY SKEW a giddy, pleasure-hunting socialite → Sc.
1816 ► FLISKMAHOY a giddy, ostentatious person; a flighty girl; a giddy, gawky girl; a woman who gives herself airs → Sc.
1818 ► HEMPIE → HEMPY a mischievous giddy boy or girl; an unruly young person
1822 ► GIPSEY a young girl; a term of reproach; a giddy, thoughtless girl → Sc. (Bk.)
1823 ► RAMSTAM a giddy, forward, impetuous, reckless person → Sc.
1824 ► TAPLOCH → TAWPLOCH a giddy-brained girl → Sc. obs.
1825 ​► HAILICK a romping, giddy girl → Sc.
1837 ► HENSURE a swaggering young fellow; a giddy young fellow → Sc. obs.
1839 ► FEATHER-BRAIN a foolish, giddy person; a dull, stupid person; a silly, light-headed person
1850 ► PAVIE → PEEVEE a frivolous, giddy person; one who loves display, a show-off → Sc.
1866 ► FALDERAL a pedantic giddy person → Sc.
1877 ► STRACKLE-BRAIN a giddy, thoughtless person; a simpleton, a fool; a good-for-nothing → Eng. dial.
1878 ► GEGGLES a giddy girl → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1887 ► GILLIVER a thoughtless giddy girl → Sc. obs.
1896 ► JACK-O’-WISP a giddy or flighty person → obs.
1898 ► CANTLAX a silly, giddy woman → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C ► CALEERY → KILEERY a giddy, hysterical person; a mischievous, scatterbrained, overexcitable person → Ireland
1904 ► RATTLETRAP a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person; a lively giddy girl → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ​► MADSTART a wild, giddy person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HALLOPER one who is giddy or precipitate → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► MADLOCK a wild, giddy person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1912 ► HALLET a giddy young girl → Sc.
1920 ► GAMSTER a giddy, irresponsible or frivolous woman → Sc.
1935 ► DING-A-LING a fool; an oaf; an odd, giddy person who hears bells → US sl.
1942 ► DAFFY DAME a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► DIZZY → DIZZY DAME a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl.
1942 ► FLAP a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLAPPER a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLAPPERETTE a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLAPPEROO a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLAPPY FEMME a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLIGHTY FRILL a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLIPPY FLAPPER a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLUFF a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FRIVOLOUS FRAIL a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GIDDY GAL a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PETAL-SHEDDING CHRYSANTHEMUM a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► UNCONSCIOUS a giddy girl → Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
1950 ► BUBBLEHEAD a fool; a giddy person → US sl.
1966 ► BARBIE DOLL a pretty, giddy girl or woman
1972 ► GIGGLY-GUTS one prone to giggling; a giddy person → US sl.
1973 ► SPACE CADET a foolish person; a person who is always silly or giddy → sl.
1995 ► SPACE OUT a giddy person → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► BIM a giddy woman; a sexually loose woman → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► BIMBO a giddy woman; a sexually loose woman → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► BLISS NINNY a giddy and disoriented person; a blissed-out person Ï US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DITZ a giddy, absent-minded person → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DITZO a giddy, absent-minded person → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DUMB DORA a stupid or giddy woman → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► FLAKE a person who acts silly or giddy → US sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1440 ► TURN A PERSON”S BRAIN to make a person dizzy or giddy; to disturb a person’s mental balance, to make a person foolish or rash
1568 ► DOZY to make giddy or dizzy → obs.
1628 ► GIDDIFY to make giddy; to daze; to confuse
1818 ► SWIRL of the head: to swim, to be giddy or dizzy
1866 ► FALDERAL to make trifling excuses; to behave in a giddy, pedantic manner → Sc.
1902 ► LADDER → LALDER → LILDER to lounge about idly; to behave in a giddy, romping manner → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAZE to turn giddy or light-headed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)