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- [reel]
- /ril/
- /rɪəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [reel]
- /ril/
Definitions of reeling word
- noun reeling an act of reeling; a reeling or staggering movement. 1
- verb with object reeling to cause to reel. 1
- idioms reeling off the reel, without pause; continuously. without delay or hesitation; immediately. Also, right off the reel. 1
- verb without object reeling to sway or rock under a blow, shock, etc.: The boxer reeled and fell. 1
- verb without object reeling to waver or fall back: The troops reeled and then ran. 1
- verb without object reeling to sway about in standing or walking, as from dizziness, intoxication, etc.; stagger. 1
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Origin of reeling
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 Reeling
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
reeling 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.
reeling usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for reeling
adj reeling
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- bewildered — If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do.
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
adjective reeling
- dazzled — to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light: He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.
- doddering — shaky or trembling, as from old age; tottering: a doddering old man.
- drunk — being in a temporary state in which one's physical and mental faculties are impaired by an excess of alcoholic drink; intoxicated: The wine made him drunk.
- gutted — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- qualmish — tending to have, or having, qualms.
noun reeling
- wobbliness — shaky; unsteady.
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