reel

Definition

  • noun: a device shaped like a cylinder that a string, cord, etc., is wrapped around
  • noun: a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound
  • verb: to be very shocked, confused, and upset
  • verb: to wind on or as if on a reel
  • synonyms: roll, stagger, spool

Examples

  • When she opened her eyes, the room was 'reeling'. [=the room looked like it was moving in an unsteady way]

  • Still 'reeling' from the death of her husband, she was now dealing with having to find a new job.

  • The surprise attack sent the enemy 'reeling'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - I have seen nothing - What does this mean, my lord? - The king doth wake tonight and takes his muse Keeps wassail and a swaggering upspring reels, and as he drains his drafts of rhenish down... ...the kettledrum and trumpet thus bray out the triumph of his pledge - Is it a custom? (..)
    2015 Hamlet