Be+dizzy

  • 101dizzy — [OE] Dizzy originally signified ‘foolish, stupid’, a meaning which from the 13th century retreated into dialectal use and has only comparatively recently returned to the mainstream language in the milder form ‘scatterbrained’. The now central… …

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  • 102{‘Dizzy’ }Gillespie — (1917–93) a US jazz musician who invented the name bebop and helped to develop that type of music. He played the trumpet in a wide range of groups and wrote several successful pieces, including Hot House (1941) and Groovin’ High (1944). He was… …

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  • 103‘Dizzy’ Gillespie — ➡ Gillespie * * * …

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  • 104‘Dizzy’ Dean — ➡ Dean (I) * * * …

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  • 105dizzy — diz·zy diz ē adj, diz·zi·er; est 1) having a whirling sensation in the head with a tendency to fall 2) mentally confused diz·zi·ly diz ə lē adv …

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  • 106dizzy — Synonyms and related words: addle, addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, apish, asinine, babbling, ball up, batty, beery, befooled, befuddle, befuddled, beguiled, bemused, besotted, bewilder,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 107DIZZY —    a nickname given to Benjamin Disraeli …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 108dizzy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. giddy, light headed; slang, silly, mixed up, flighty. See insanity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a whirling or spinning sensation] Syn. confused, lightheaded, giddy, bemused, staggering,… …

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  • 109Dizzy — Benjamin Disraeli British Prime Minister …

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  • 110Dizzy Gillespie — (1917 1993) famous American jazz composer and trumpeter, pioneer of the bebop jazz movement …

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