—reel /rɪəl/
noun [C] (DANCE)
► F0 a fast Scottish or Irish dance, or the music for thisThesaurus+: ↑Musical piecesThesaurus+: ↑Names of dancesnoun [C] (HOLDER)
► F0 a round, wheel-shaped object on which sewing thread, fishing wire, film, etc. can be rolled, or the amount of thread, etc. stored on one of theseThesaurus+: ↑Cinema - general wordsThesaurus+: ↑Knitting and sewingThesaurus+: ↑Fishing , ↑Commercial fishingverb [I] ↑Verb Endings for reel
F0 to walk, moving from side to side, looking like you are going to fall:
» At closing time he reeled out of the bar and fell down on the pavement.» She hit him so hard that he reeled backwards.Thesaurus+: ↑Moving unsteadily or with difficultyF0 If the place where you are reels, what you are looking at seems to go round and round in front of you:
» A stone hit his head and the street reeled before his eyes.Thesaurus+: ↑Revolving, rotating and spinningThesaurus+: ↑Headaches and dizzinessF0 If you reel, or your mind or brain reels, you feel very confused or shocked and unable to act:
» We were reeling (in amazement/shock/delight, etc.) from/with the news that we had won all that money.Thesaurus+: ↑Puzzle and confuse , ↑Difficult to understand