Reel in English dictionary

  • reel

    Meanings and definitions of "Reel"

    • To wind on a reel.
    • To spin or revolve repeatedly.
    • To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
    • To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of one's self.
    • (reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
    • To make or cause to reel.
    • A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
    • A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound
    • A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
    • A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
    • A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
    • (a) relative
    • noun
      A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
    • noun
      A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
    • noun
      (textiles)
      A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
    • noun
      (agriculture)
      A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
    • noun
      (film)
      A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
    • verb
      To wind on a reel.
    • verb
      To spin or revolve repeatedly.
    • verb
      To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
    • verb
      To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
    • verb
      (reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
    • verb
      To make or cause to reel.
    • verb
      To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
    • verb
      To be in shock.
    • verb
      (obsolete)
      To roll.
    • reel (of film)
    • spin (thread)
    • Compilation of film
    • to wind on a reel
    • to spin or revolve repeatedly
    • to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
    • to walk shakily or unsteadily
    • (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
    • Dance, music
    • Spool
    • Machine for winding yarns
    • Device for a harvesting machine
    • noun
      an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
    • noun
      a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
    • noun
      a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
    • noun
      a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
    • noun
      music composed for dancing a reel
    • noun
      winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
    • verb
      revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
    • verb
      walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
    • verb
      wind onto or off a reel

    Synonyms of "Reel" in English dictionary

    careen, dance music, winder are the top synonyms of "Reel" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Reel

    • reel ( third-person singular simple present reels, present participle reeling, simple past and past participle reeled)
    • reel ( plural  reels)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza reel, lm  liczba mnoga reels
    • reel (plural reels)
    • reel (third-person singular simple present reels, present participle reeling, simple past and past participle reeled)
  • Reel

    Meanings and definitions of "Reel"

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