Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to reel
Participle: reeled
Gerund: reeling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | reel |
| you | reel |
| he;she;it | reels |
| we | reel |
| you | reel |
| they | reel |
Perfect
| I | have reeled |
| you | have reeled |
| he;she;it | has reeled |
| we | have reeled |
| you | have reeled |
| they | have reeled |
Past
| I | reeled |
| you | reeled |
| he;she;it | reeled |
| we | reeled |
| you | reeled |
| they | reeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had reeled |
| you | had reeled |
| he;she;it | had reeled |
| we | had reeled |
| you | had reeled |
| they | had reeled |
Future
| I | will reel |
| you | will reel |
| he;she;it | will reel |
| we | will reel |
| you | will reel |
| they | will reel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reeled |
| you | will have reeled |
| he;she;it | will have reeled |
| we | will have reeled |
| you | will have reeled |
| they | will have reeled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | reel |
| you | reel |
| he;she;it | reel |
| we | reel |
| you | reel |
| they | reel |
Perfect
| I | have reeled |
| you | have reeled |
| he;she;it | have reeled |
| we | have reeled |
| you | have reeled |
| they | have reeled |
Imperfect
| I | reeled |
| you | reeled |
| he;she;it | reeled |
| we | reeled |
| you | reeled |
| they | reeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had reeled |
| you | had reeled |
| he;she;it | had reeled |
| we | had reeled |
| you | had reeled |
| they | had reeled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would reel |
| you | would reel |
| he;she;it | would reel |
| we | would reel |
| you | would reel |
| they | would reel |
Perfect
| I | would have reeled |
| you | would have reeled |
| he;she;it | would have reeled |
| we | would have reeled |
| you | would have reeled |
| they | would have reeled |
Imperative
| you | reel |
| we | Let's reel |
| you | reel |
Verbs conjugated like 'reel'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'reel'
creel,
eel,
feel,
heel,
keel,
peel,
rebel,
ree,
reed,
reef,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. "to whirl around," c.1300, probably from
reel (n.1), on notion of "spinning." Of the mind, from 1796.
2. From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.
Verbs referencing "reel"
Proto-Slavic
kresati.
Sample Sentences
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[...] of an ordinary drawing-room by seven, and then fall short of the reality. When the man in reply avowed the truth; the blunt, remorseless, naked truth; ‘This is the saloon, sir’—he actually reeled beneath the blow.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It was pretty much the same for the next two days, with a tolerably fair wind and dry weather. I read in bed (but to this hour I do n't know what ) a good deal; and reeled on deck a little; drank cold brandy-and-water with an unspeakable disgust, and ate hard biscuit perseveringly: not ill, but going to be.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] after we had gone a few miles, an intoxicated gentleman who climbed upon the roof among the luggage, and subsequently slipping off without hurting himself, was seen in the distant perspective reeling back to the grog-shop where we had found him. We also parted with more of our freight at different times, so that when we came to change horses, I was again alone outside.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of floating logs, which, in the dark, it is often impossible to see beforehand or avoid. All that night, the bell was never silent for five minutes at a time; and after every ring the vessel reeled again, sometimes beneath a single blow, sometimes beneath a dozen dealt in quick succession, the lightest of which seemed more than enough to beat in her frail keel, as though it had been pie-crust. [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)