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reel⋅er

  [ree-ler]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that reels.
2. a machine for burnishing the exterior and interior of seamless tubing.
Origin:
1590–1600; reel 1 + -er 1
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reel 2   (rēl)   
v.   reeled, reel·ing, reels

v.   intr.

  1. To be thrown off balance or fall back: reeled from the sharp blow.

  2. To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness: reeled down the alley.

  3. To go round and round in a whirling motion: gulls reeling and diving.

  4. To feel dizzy: My head reeled with the facts and figures.

v.   tr.
To cause to reel.
n.  

  1. A staggering, swaying, or whirling movement.

    1. A moderately fast dance of Scottish origin.

    2. The Virginia reel.

    3. The music for one of these dances.


[Middle English relen, to whirl about, probably from reel, spool; see reel1.]
reel'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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