Reel, v. i. [Cf. Sw. ragla. See 2d Reel.] 1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man. Ps. cvii. 27.
He, with heavy fumes oppressed,
Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest. Pope.
The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves. Macaulay.
2. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled. Hawthorne.