Gidget
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- proper noun
- /ˈɡɪdʒɪt/
- Archaic
- The same women who grew up watching Sally Field as feisty Gidget now saw this complex identity negotiation play out in a more dramatic register.
- Gidget Goes Hawaiian
- Gidget beach movie
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Watch on YouTubeAnd, you know, really not since kind of like Gidget, you know, did we really have shows that were like truly, truly about, like really about a girl.
- And, you know, really not since kind of like Gidget, you know, did we really have shows that were like truly, truly about, like really about a girl.
- Yeah, I either she was either Gidget first or the Flying Nun.
- Started out as the Flying Nun or Gidget, too, right?
Examples
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The spirit of Gidget is alive in every young surfer who hits the beach for the first time.
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When I think of surfing, I often picture Gidget riding the waves with a big smile.
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Listen, Gidget, baby, I got to be honest with you.
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You, Gidget, go in the bathroom and put on some clothes.
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Big, big stuff today, Gidget.
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I can still sing the entire theme song to Gidget (I'll prove it to you!).
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Hollywood followed Gidget with a medley of surf exploitation films.
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Following the film release of Gidget... ...surfing underwent a radical transformation.
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This change became obvious in 1959, when Sandra Dee starred in the box-office hit Gidget, based on the 1957 Frederick Kohner novel, which was soon adapted for television and widely acclaimed by the media.
Academic text (1998) -
In the movie, Gidget learns to surf and quickly becomes the star of the beach.
Synonyms
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1.4
A person who rides waves on a board in the sea
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3.4
A person who rides waves on a surfboard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gidget was invented as a playful name from girl + midget, an older word for a 'small person', so it originally meant a 'small girl'. It was used for a tiny teenage surfer in books and films, which is why Gidget now brings to mind that young, eager female surfer.