Reeling

//ˈɹiːlɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The motion of something that reels.

    "Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of reel form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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addledangular momentumangular motionangular velocityaxial motionbeery

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"My punch sent him reeling into the rope."

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