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reel(1)(dictionary)
reel(2)(dictionary)
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reel 1, verb(dictionary)
reel 2, noun(dictionary)

stupeous (iou) and reel(2) (iou)


stupeous (iou)



stupeous adjective. E19.
[from Latin stup(p)eus made of tow, from stup(p)a STUPE noun1: see -OUS.]
Zoology & Botany. Having or covered with matted or tufted hairs or filaments.

reel(2) (iou)



reel verb. [ri:l] LME.
[from REEL noun 1.]
I.
verb intrans. Whirl round or about; go with a whirling motion. Also as fig. use of sense 6. LME.
Shelley She saw the constellations reel and Dance Like fireflies.
b. Of the mind, head, etc.: be in a whirl, be or become giddy or confused. Also, (of an image) swim before the eyes. L18.
Tennyson The golden Autumn woodland reels Athwart the smoke of burning weeds. W. S. Maugham He repeated to himself the same thing..till his brain reeled.
verb intrans. Rush, dash, or prance about; behave recklessly or riotously. obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
verb intrans. Sway or stagger back from a blow or attack; (of an army etc.) waver, give way. Freq. as send reeling. LME.
Tennyson Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke. fig.: Wall Street Journal The news sent Microsoft's share price reeling.
verb intrans. Sway unsteadily from side to side as if about to fall; totter or tremble, esp. as the result of intoxication, faintness, etc. LME.
C. Kingsley He saw the huge carcass bend, reel, roll over slowly to one side, dead. R. L. Stevenson He reeled a little, and caught himself with one hand against the wall. fig.: Bolingbroke [France]..staggered and reeled under the burden of the war.
b. verb intrans. Walk with the body swinging or swaying, esp. while drunk; move rapidly and unsteadily. L16.
J. G. Holland The little gig..reeled off toward the mill at the highest speed. Dylan Thomas In you reeled..as drunk as a deacon.
c. verb trans. Lurch through or along (a street). rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
verb trans. Cause to roll, whirl, or stagger; impel violently. Now rare. LME.
verb intrans. Dance a reel. E16.
II.
verb trans. Wind (thread, yarn, paper, line, etc.) on a reel. LME.
verb trans. Draw (thread etc.) out, off, in, etc., (as) with a reel; cause to move (as) by winding or unwinding a reel; esp. (usu. foll. by in) draw in (a hooked fish) by winding in the line. M16.
Scientific American To launch a kite..release it..and slowly reel out line.
b. verb trans. transf. & fig. Foll. by off: rattle off or recite (a story, song, list, etc.) without pause or effort; cover (a distance etc.) rapidly; accomplish or perform without pause or effort. M19.
A. Koestler The warder reeled off the regulations. Trains Illustrated The 11 miles..were reeled off at an average of 93.8 m.p.h.
c. verb intrans. Foll. by out: become uncoiled from a reel. L20.
verb intrans. Make a buzzing or rapid clicking noise like that of a turning reel; esp. (of a grasshopper-warbler etc.) make its characteristic call. M18.
reelable adjective (earlier in UNREELABLE) L19.
reeling verbal noun the action of the verb; an instance of this, esp. a stagger, a lurch: LME.