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- [reel]
- /ril/
- /rɪəl/
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- [reel]
- /ril/
Definitions of reeled word
- noun reeled an act of reeling; a reeling or staggering movement. 1
- verb with object reeled to cause to reel. 1
- idioms reeled off the reel, without pause; continuously. without delay or hesitation; immediately. Also, right off the reel. 1
- verb without object reeled to sway or rock under a blow, shock, etc.: The boxer reeled and fell. 1
- verb without object reeled to waver or fall back: The troops reeled and then ran. 1
- verb without object reeled to sway about in standing or walking, as from dizziness, intoxication, etc.; stagger. 1
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Origin of reeled
First appearance:
before 1050 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; (noun) Middle English rele, Old English hrēol; cognate with Old Norse hræll weaver's rod; (v.) Middle English relen, derivative of rele
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Parts of speech for Reeled
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reeled popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
reeled usage trend in Literature
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verb reeled
- concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
- corkscrewed — Simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew.
- cranked — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- doddered — infirm; feeble.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.