reel

reel

verb

Definition of REEL

1

to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around <his mind reeled upon hearing the news that his employer had been indicted for fraud>

Synonyms reel, swim, turn, whirl

Related Words swirl

Near Antonyms calm, collect; settle, steady

2

to move forward while swaying from side to side <got off the amusement park ride reeling and barely able to stand>

Synonyms careen, dodder, lurch, reel, teeter, totter, waddle

Related Words rock, roll, seesaw, swag, sway, waver, weave, wobble (also wabble); barge, blunder, clomp, clump, flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, stamp, stomp, stumble, tramp, tromp