ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Swimmy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈswɪ.mi/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Swimmy is an adjective meaning Dizzy; swirling or moving as if seen in a daze.

Meaning

Dizzy; swirling or moving as if seen in a daze.

More Meanings

  1. An inflatable armband to help children swim.

Example Sentences

"I guess it was the heat, but I felt swimmy for a moment. That's all."
I hadn't noticed at Peter Anderson's—my head was too swimmy to notice anything.
It was as well I was sitting down; the experience of dizziness induced by a familial revelation did not seem to be a condition I was becoming inured to, despite the frequency with which it had swept through me in the past few days. My sight seemed to go a bit swimmy for a while, but I just sat and waited for it to clear.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swirly, dizzy, dizzyish, giddy, dizzified, swishity.

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