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reel

/ˈɹiːl/ verbe C2

En français : embobiner, enrouler, tituber

  1. To wind on a reel.
  2. To spin or revolve repeatedly.
  3. To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else. · He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package.
  4. To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
  5. To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly. · He reeled back from the punch.
  6. To make or cause to reel.
  7. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
  8. To be in shock. (figuratively)

He/she/it reels · Prétérit reeled · Participe passé reeled · Forme en -ing reeling

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Prétérit
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Participe passé
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Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque

“Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,” the Mock Turtle replied; “and then the different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 74 · B2
The ticker began to reel out jerkily its fitful coils of tape, the desk telephone had a chronic attack of buzzing.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 18 · C1
An examination by experts leaves little doubt that a personal contest between the two men ended, as it could hardly fail to end in such a situation, in their reeling over, locked in each other’s arms.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 127 · B2
“Do you not feel a great inclination, Miss Bennet, to seize such an opportunity of dancing a reel?”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 56 · B2

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