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REELER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reeler mean? 

REELER (noun)
  The noun REELER has 2 senses:

1. someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fallplay

2. a dancer of reelsplay

  Familiarity information: REELER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REELER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

reeler; staggerer; totterer

Hypernyms ("reeler" is a kind of...):

footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)

Derivation:

reel (walk as if unable to control one's movements)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A dancer of reels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("reeler" is a kind of...):

folk dancer (someone who does folk dances)


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