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Reeling

/ɹiːlɪŋ/

To wind on a reel.

📖 Definitions of "Reeling"

verb

1
To wind on a reel.
2
To spin or revolve repeatedly.
3
To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
"He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package."
4
To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.

noun

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
lurchverb	To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
staggerverb	To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
waggleverb	(transitive) To move (something) with short, quick motions; to wobble.
swagverb	(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
wambleverb	(dialect) To feel nauseous, to churn (of stomach).
whirlverb	(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
gyrateverb	(intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
bobbinnoun	In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
spoolverb	A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
careenverb	(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
virginia reelnoun	An English country dance dating from the 17th century, popular in America between 1830 and 1890.
spinverb	(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
keelverb	(intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall
scottish reelnoun	a lively dance of scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
spin aroundverb	revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
reelernoun	A person employed to wind material onto a reel.
log reelnoun	(nautical) A reel on which the logline is wound.
unreelernoun	A device for unreeling something, such as a cable.
roving reelnoun	A device for measuring a hank of yarn.
coilingnoun	The pattern or motion of something that coils.