reel
Plural: reels
Noun
- a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- music composed for dancing a reel
- winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
- an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
- A lively dance originating in Scotland.
- The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- 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 chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
Verb
Verb Forms: reeled, reeling, reels
- To wind thread, film, or fishing line onto a reel.
- walk as if unable to control one's movements
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- wind onto or off a 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 oneself.
- To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To be in shock.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To roll.
- To bring in or along.
Examples
- a garden reel
- A hose reel forms part of a hose trolley or hose cart
- a log reel
- an angler's reel
- He reeled back from the punch.
- He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package.
- He watched the points REEL in as his high-scoring word filled the Words With Friends board.
- Nudge the fruit machine reel.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.
Synonyms
bobbin, careen, gyrate, keel, lurch, Scottish reel, spin, spin around, spool, stagger, swag, Virginia reel, whirl, Snap, showreel, story
Scrabble Score: 4
reel: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordreel: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
reel: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary