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In some senses, dizzy is marked as slang, UK, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.
dizzy
/ˈdɪzi/
adj 4name 2verb 1noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
fast, kind, little, pale, still
VERB + DIZZY
am, became, climbed, feel, feeling, felt, get, keep
DIZZY + NOUN
body, car, height, hunger, plane
PREP.
down, from, from, in, on, with
ADV.
ever, suddenly
Definitions
adj
1
Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.
I stood up too fast and felt dizzy.
Alas! his brain was dizzy.
2
Producing giddiness.
We climbed to a dizzy height.
To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder.
3
Empty-headed, scatterbrained or frivolous; ditzy.
My new secretary is a dizzy blonde.
the dizzy multitude
4
simple, half-witted.
Them as diz ’at is dizzy.
verb
1
To make (someone or something) dizzy; to bewilder.
Let me have this violence and compulsion removed, there is nothing that, in my seeming, doth more bastardise and dizzie a wel-borne and gentle nature […]
If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding.
noun
1
A distributor (device in internal combustion engine).
A service exchange distributor usually needs to be ordered by a motor factor and cost £150-200! I would suggest you use the SD1 dizzy body/cap etc but change the trigger mechanism to a modern electronic/breakerless unit such as the Newtronic unit.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — lacking seriousness
- airheaded
- empty-headed
- featherbrained
- giddy
- light-headed
- lightheaded
- silly
adjective — having or causing a whirling sensation
- giddy
- woozy
- vertiginous
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I stood up too fast and felt dizzy.
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Alas! his brain was dizzy.
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We climbed to a dizzy height.
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Let me have this violence and compulsion removed, there is nothing that, in my seeming, doth more bastardise and dizzie a wel-borne and gentle nature […]
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If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding.
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So ramshackle was the locals' attempt at defence that, with energetic wingers pouring into the space behind panicked full-backs and centre-halves dizzied by England's movement, it was cruel to behold
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