ALL meanings of reel off
reel off
R r - transitivephrasal verb reel off recite 1
- noun reel off a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something. 1
- noun reel off a rotatory device attached to a fishing rod at the butt, for winding up or letting out the line. 1
- noun reel off Photography. a spool on which film, especially motion-picture film, is wound. a roll of motion-picture film. a holder for roll film in a developing tank. 1
- noun reel off a quantity of something wound on a reel. 1
- noun reel off Chiefly British. a spool of sewing thread; a roller or bobbin of sewing thread. 1
- verb with object reel off to wind on a reel, as thread, yarn, etc. 1
- verb with object reel off to unwind (silk filaments) from a cocoon. 1
- verb with object reel off to pull or draw by winding a line on a reel: to reel a fish in. 1
- idioms reel off off the reel, without pause; continuously. without delay or hesitation; immediately. Also, right off the reel. 1
- phrasal verb reel off If you reel off information, you repeat it from memory quickly and easily. 0
- verb reel off to recite or write fluently and without apparent effort 0
- noun reel off to tell, write, produce, etc. easily and quickly 0