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Lose one's balance and stagger or lurch violently
“He burst across the line and staggered to a halt, eyesight blurry, reeling as people surrounded him.”
To feel shocked, bewildered, or giddy
“I mean, Dobson alone is bad enough, but a Dobson armed with nuclear weapons - the mind reels.”
To spin physically or mentally (figuratively, in confusion)
“The room reeled and I jammed my head down.”
To feel shocked, bewildered, or giddy
“The nation would reel from the news of this defeat in the World Cup.”
To sway unsteadily from one side to the other
To suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust
To repeatedly twist or coil (a length of something) round itself or a core
A rapid turning or whirling motion
“His mind spun in a frenzied reel as though it were a boat tossed at sea amid a midsummer storm.”
A kind of spool, turning on an axis
“The assembly includes an elongate fishing rod and a reel mounted to the fishing rod.”
A web, weave or tangle
A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope
A recording made with a tape recorder
The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates
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