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reel English

Meaning reel meaning

What does reel mean?
Definitions in simple English

reel Noun

— A reel is a machine such as a cylinder that is turned on an axis and used for storing and winding flexible materials such as film, rope, and other things.

reel Verb

— When something is reeled,it is unwound to bring it to you by spinning or winding something else.

reel

— noun a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector — verb (= stagger) walk as if unable to control one's movements The drunken man staggered into the room — verb (= whirl) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy — verb wind onto or off a reel — noun winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod — noun music composed for dancing a reel — noun a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps — noun (= Virginia reel) an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines — noun (= bobbin) a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

Synonyms reel synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as reel?

reel English » English

spool stagger totter bobbin wind spin whirl sway lurch coil wind up roll roll up teeter wobble stumble spindle careen waver walk unsteadily swag spinning wheel keel unsteady shake rotate revolve gyrate falter weave volume vacillate turn spin around rock lose one’s balance flounder cylinder be unsteady Virginia reel Scottish reel wrap winding tube winding shaft winder winch whirlwind whirligig whim wheels

Topics reel topics

What do people use reel to talk about?
Work and occupation Hunt and fish Fishing

Fishing equipment
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Walk with difficulty
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

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Conjugation reel conjugation

How do you conjugate reel?

reel · verb

Examples reel examples

How do I use reel in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Jig, reel and hornpipe are the most popular irish dances.
Tom can reel off the names of the capitals of all European countries.

Movie subtitles

Reel.
End of the first reel.
End of the second reel.
When acclaiming our modern heroes, let's not forget The News Reel Cameraman. the daredevil who defies death to give us pictures of the world's happenings.
Gentlemen, if you wish to lead the reel with the lady of your choice. you must bid for her!
Choose your partners for the Virginia reel!
Reel him in.
Reel in fast.
Reel in that line.
I can hardly reel it in.
Nothing. You just lost a rod and reel.
If you had the harness buckled down to the reel. that fish would have taken you along with him.
Then there's the rod and reel.
So get your partners for a chicken reel.
To feel the trout on your line. to play him, to reel him in.
Reel him.
Reel him out.
Gentlemen, if you wish to lead the reel with the lady of your choice you must bid for her!
I told you in the first reel he was a crook.
You just lost a rod and reel.
With today it's 16. Then there's the rod and reel.
Do you want the reel to burn?
Reel him. No.
This isn't the Virginia Reel or any of your old-time favorites, you know.
You're crazy. I can hardly reel it in.

News and current affairs

The United States seems to reel from one mass gun killing to another - roughly one a month this year alone.
Long gone are the days when US Foreign Service officers drove Jeeps to remote regions of the Third World to show reel-to-reel movies to isolated villagers.

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