Usually means: Pulled in; felt disoriented, staggered.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word reeled:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. reeled: Merriam-Webster
  2. reeled: Collins English Dictionary
  3. reeled: Vocabulary.com
  4. Reeled, reeled: Wordnik
  5. reeled: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. reeled: Wiktionary
  7. Reeled, reeled: Dictionary.com
  8. reeled: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Reeled: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Reeled: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. reeled: FreeDictionary.org
  12. reeled: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. reeled: Encyclopedia

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  1. reeled: Idioms

(Note: See reel as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Reel)

noun:  A shaky or unsteady gait.
noun:  (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
noun:  (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
noun:  A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
noun:  (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
noun:  (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
noun:  (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
verb:  To wind on a reel.
verb:  To spin or revolve repeatedly.
verb:  To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
verb:  To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
verb:  (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
verb:  To make or cause to reel.
verb:  To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
verb:  (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
verb:  To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
verb:  (obsolete) To roll.
verb:  (figurative) To bring in or along.
noun:  A surname.
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