reel
noun
[ riːl ]
• a cylinder on which film, wire, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound.
• "a cotton reel"
• a lively Scottish or Irish folk dance.
• "we put on the record player and danced reels"
reel
verb
• wind something on to a reel by turning the reel.
• "sailplanes are often launched by means of a wire reeled in by a winch"
• lose one's balance and stagger or lurch violently.
• "he punched Connolly in the ear, sending him reeling"
Similar:
stagger,
lurch,
sway,
rock,
stumble,
totter,
wobble,
falter,
waver,
swerve,
pitch,
roll,
• dance a reel.
Origin:
Old English hrēol, denoting a rotatory device on which spun thread is wound; of unknown origin.
