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1 flighty
adjective ((usually of girls and women) with easily changed ideas; not thinking deeply; always looking for amusement.) frívolotr['flaɪtɪ]1 (not serious) frívolo,-a, poco serio,-a, casquivano,-aadj.• caprichoso, -a adj.• inconstante adj.• veleidoso, -a adj.• volátil adj.'flaɪtiadjective -tier, -tiest veleidoso, inconstante['flaɪtɪ]ADJ (compar flightier) (superl flightiest) [idea, remark] frívolo, poco serio; [girl] caprichoso, voluble* * *['flaɪti]adjective -tier, -tiest veleidoso, inconstante -
2 fizgig
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3 giddy
1. a страдающий головокружениями; испытывающий головокружение2. a головокружительный3. a вертящийся, кружащийся4. a легкомысленный, ветреный, непостоянныйgiddy young girl — легкомысленная девушка, ветреница
5. a разг. самый6. v кружить голову7. v испытывать головокружение; вертеться, шататьсяСинонимический ряд:1. bird-witted (adj.) bird-witted; empty-headed; featherbrained; flighty; fribble; fribbling; harebrained; hoity-toity; rattlebrained; skittish; volage; yeasty2. changeable (adj.) capricious; changeable; fickle; frivolous; inconstant; irresolute; mutable; scatterbrained; silly; vacillating3. dizzy (adj.) dizzy; dizzying; faint; flighty; light; lightheaded; light-headed; reeling; swimming; swimmy; unsteady; vertiginous; woozyАнтонимический ряд:attentive; calm; careful; circumspect; conservative; consistent; constant; cool; dependable; earnest; equable; firm; grave; low; ponderous; staid; steady -
4 hoity-toity
[ˌhɔɪtɪ'tɔɪtɪ] 1. прил.1)а) надменный, напыщенный, претенциозныйthe hoity-toity language of the honourable members of the Academy — напыщенный язык почётных членов Академии
Syn:б) обидчивый; раздражительный; недовольныйSyn:2)а) ветреный, легкомысленный, непостоянныйhoity-toity business — несерьёзное занятие; сомнительное предприятие
She was a good girl not hoity-toity. — Она была благовоспитанной девушкой, а не какой-нибудь вертихвосткой.
Syn:б) уст. игривый, шумный, резвыйSyn:2. сущ.1) шум; беспорядокSyn:2)а) легкомыслие, ветреность, несерьёзностьSyn:б) высокомерие, надменность (по отношению к кому-л.)Syn:3) диал. крикливая девица, девчонка-сорванецSyn:3. межд.; ирон.скажите пожалуйста!, вот это да! ( выражает удивление)
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fizgig — [ fɪzgɪg] noun 1》 Austral. informal a police informer. 2》 archaic a silly or flirtatious young woman. Origin C16: prob. from fizz + obs. gig flighty girl ; cf. gig1 and whirligig … English new terms dictionary
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gig — I [[t]gɪg[/t]] n. v. gigged, gig•ging 1) trs a light, two wheeled one horse carriage 2) naut. navig. a light boat rowed with four, six, or eight long oars 3) something that whirls 4) to ride in a gig • Etymology: 1200–50; ME gigge, gig flighty… … From formal English to slang