"head-spinning" meaning in All languages combined

See head-spinning on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more head-spinning [comparative], most head-spinning [superlative], headspinning [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|head=head-spinning}} head-spinning (comparative more head-spinning, superlative most head-spinning)
  1. (idiomatic) Incredible, overwhelming. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: head-spinningly
    Sense id: en-head-spinning-en-adj-M198qHV9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "head-spinningly"
        }
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          "ref": "2020 October 13, Peter Bradshaw, “Soul review – Pixar's rapturous tale of a jazz nut on a surreal out-of-body journey”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "It’s all very headspinning, and there is real Yellow Submarine quality to the film’s innocent urgency and idealism which take it to the very brink of incoherence.",
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        "(idiomatic) Incredible, overwhelming."
      ],
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    }
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        "superlative"
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    },
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        "(idiomatic) Incredible, overwhelming."
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