REELER

reeler

(noun) a dancer of reels

staggerer, totterer, reeler

(noun) someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

From its song.

Noun

reeler (plural reelers)

The grasshopper warbler.

Etymology 2

Noun

reeler (plural reelers)

A person employed to wind material onto a reel.

(in combination) A film consisting of the specified number of reels.

(genetics) An autosomal-recessive mouse mutant in which cortical neurons are generated normally but abnormally placed, a lack of reelin causing disorganization of cortical laminar layers. It has a reeling gait.

Anagrams

• leerer, rereel

Source: Wiktionary


Reel"er (rl"r), n.

1. One who reels.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The grasshopper warbler; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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