The Clue
Walks like a tosspot (5 letter answer)
The Answer
REELS
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Notes
The answer REELS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bobbins
Spins
Spools
Staggers
Sways
Titubates
Totters
Wavers
Whirls
Barn dances
Cassette components
Cassette parts
Cinephiles' collectibles
Feels dizzy
Film units
Fishing devices
Fishing equipment
Fishing gear
Glaswegian dances
Line holders
Lively dances
Projectionists' needs
Projector items
Reacts to a shock
Reacts with shock
Scottish dances
Studio stock
Tape holders
Undergoes vertigo
Walks unsteadily
Film vault collection
Holders of many frames
Moves like a tosspot
Old-fashioned dances
Says quickly, with "off"
Some Hollywood archives
Frames wind up on them
Definition
REEL as a noun:
1. a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
2. music composed for dancing a reel
3. winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
4. (bobbin, spool, reel) = a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
5. (reel, Scottish reel) = a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
6. (Virginia reel, reel) = an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
REEL as a verb:
1. (stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen) = walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
2. (spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate) = revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
3. wind onto or off a reel