intransitive verb

1. to give way or fall back; sway, waver, or stagger as from being struck
2. to lurch or stagger about, as from drunkenness or dizziness
3. to go around and around; whirl
4. to feel dizzy; have a sensation of spinning or whirling

Etymology: ME relen < the n.: from the sensation of whirling

transitive verb

noun

Etymology: ME rele < OE hreol: see reel

noun

1. 1. a lively Scottish dance
   2. Virginia reel
2. music for either of these

Etymology: prob. < reel, n.

noun

1. a frame or spool on which thread, wire, tape, film, a net, etc. is wound
2. such a frame set on the handle of a fishing rod, to wind up or let out the line
3. the quantity of wire, thread, film, tape, etc. usually wound on one reel
4. in some lawn mowers, a set of spiral steel blades rotating on a horizontal bar set between wheels

Etymology: ME < OE hreol < Gmc *hrehulaz < IE base *krek-, to strike, make a weaving motion > Gr krekein, to weave, Latvian krekls, shirt

transitive verb, intransitive verb