reel

noun

• 1a cylinder on which film, wire, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound.
• a length of something wound onto a reel:a reel of copper wire
• a part of a movie:in the final reel he is transformed from unhinged sociopath into local hero
• a device for winding and unwinding a line as required, in particular a fishing reel.

• 2a lively Scottish or Irish folk dance.
• a piece of music for a reel, typically in simple or duple time.
• short for Virginia reel.

verb

• 1 [with object] (reel something in) wind a line onto a reel by turning the reel.
• bring something attached to a line, especially a fish, toward one by turning a reel and winding in the line:he struck, and reeled in a good perch

• 2 [no object] lose one’s balance and stagger or lurch violently:he punched Connolly in the ear, sending him reeling she reeled back against the van
• feel very giddy, disoriented, or bewildered, typically as a result of an unexpected setback:the unaccustomed intake of alcohol made my head reel figurativethe nationalist government is already reeling from 225 percent monthly inflation
• [with adverbial of direction] walk in a staggering or lurching manner, especially while drunk:the two reeled out of the bar arm in arm

• 3 [no object] dance a reel.