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ALL meanings of reel

reel
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  • noun reel a lively Scottish dance. 1
  • noun reel device for winding sth 1
  • noun reel Virginia reel. 1
  • noun reel spool: of thread 1
  • noun reel music for either of these dances. 1
  • noun reel device for winding a fishing line 1
  • verb with object reel to cause to reel. 1
  • noun reel roll of film 1
  • idioms reel off the reel, without pause; continuously. without delay or hesitation; immediately. Also, right off the reel. 1
  • intransitive verb reel sway: when punched, etc. 1
  • verb without object reel to sway or rock under a blow, shock, etc.: The boxer reeled and fell. 1
  • intransitive verb reel be shocked: by news 1
  • verb without object reel to waver or fall back: The troops reeled and then ran. 1
  • intransitive verb reel head, senses: spin 1
  • verb without object reel to sway about in standing or walking, as from dizziness, intoxication, etc.; stagger. 1
  • noun reel Scottish dance 1
  • verb without object reel to turn round and round; whirl. 1
  • verb without object reel to have a sensation of whirling: His brain reeled. 1
  • verb reel to sway, esp under the shock of a blow or through dizziness or drunkenness 0
  • verb reel to whirl about or have the feeling of whirling about 0
  • noun reel a staggering or swaying motion or sensation 0
  • noun reel any of various lively Scottish dances, such as the eightsome reel and foursome reel, for a fixed number of couples who combine in square and circular formations 0
  • noun reel a piece of music having eight quavers to the bar composed for or in the rhythm of this dance 0
  • intransitive verb reel to give way or fall back; sway, waver, or stagger as from being struck 0
  • intransitive verb reel to lurch or stagger about, as from drunkenness or dizziness 0
  • intransitive verb reel to go around and around; whirl 0
  • intransitive verb reel to feel dizzy; have a sensation of spinning or whirling 0
  • verb transitive reel to cause to reel 0
  • noun reel a reeling motion; whirl, stagger, etc. 0
  • noun reel a lively Scottish dance 0
  • noun reel Virginia reel 0
  • noun reel music for either of these 0
  • noun reel a frame or spool on which thread, wire, tape, film, a net, etc. is wound 0
  • noun reel such a frame set on the handle of a fishing rod, to wind up or let out the line 0
  • noun reel the quantity of wire, thread, film, tape, etc. usually wound on one reel 0
  • noun reel in some lawn mowers, a set of spiral steel blades rotating on a horizontal bar set between wheels 0
  • verb transitive reel to wind on a reel 0
  • countable noun reel A reel is a cylindrical object around which you wrap something such as cinema film, magnetic tape, fishing line, or cotton thread. 0
  • countable noun reel You can talk about a reel as a way of referring to all the scenes in a film which fit onto one reel of film. 0
  • verb reel If someone reels, they move about in an unsteady way as if they are going to fall. 0
  • verb reel If you are reeling from a shock, you are feeling extremely surprised or upset because of it. 0
  • verb reel If you say that your brain or your mind is reeling, you mean that you are very confused because you have too many things to think about. 0
  • countable noun reel A reel is a type of fast Scottish dance, or fast country dance. 0
  • noun reel any of various cylindrical objects or frames that turn on an axis and onto which film, magnetic tape, paper tape, wire, thread, etc, may be wound 0
  • noun reel a device for winding, casting, etc, consisting of a revolving spool with a handle, attached to a fishing rod 0
  • noun reel a roll of celluloid exhibiting a sequence of photographs to be projected 0
  • verb reel to wind (cotton, thread, etc) onto a reel 0
  • verb reel to wind or draw with a reel 0
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