reel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
broadcasting
business
dance
dancing
entertainment
film
hobbies
lifestyle
media
music
sports
television
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.
Inflected forms:
form: reels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reeling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reeled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reeled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A shaky or unsteady gait.
pos: noun
examples: Doubtless the present game of chess was developed through just such fiddling; perhaps someone once thought that the drunken reel of the knight was hostile to the essence of Chess.
gloss: A lively dance originating in Scotland.
pos: noun
examples: So strict is the kirk of Scotland, that one minister was unfrocked for writing a play (in former times); and another was sent about his business for being too fond of whiskey and of dancing the reel of Tullochgorum.
gloss: The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
pos: noun
examples: […]sample the famed waters from the Scottish mountains like a native born, and last but not least, play a reel on the bagpipes in the big hall that set all the laddies and lassies dancing.
The traditional reel Within a Mile of Dublin, for instance, distorts until it reaches something quasi-industrial.
gloss: A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
pos: noun
examples: a log reel
an angler's reel
a garden reel
Nudge the fruit machine reel.
A hose reel forms part of a hose trolley or hose cart
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: capitalized
sometimes
gloss: To wind on a reel.
pos: verb
gloss: To spin or revolve repeatedly.
pos: verb
gloss: To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
pos: verb
examples: He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package.
gloss: To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
pos: verb
examples: They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man.
He, with heavy fumes oppress'd, / Reel'd from the palace, and retired to rest.
the wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves
It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.
Sarah reels a little, nevertheless, under the dog's boisterous greeting.
Wheeler reels with fright. He almost falls off the front of the stage. His stomach convulses and he wants to vomit, but a frantic fragment of his brain hasn't panicked yet and tells him, Wait. Nothing's changed. That's what humans have always looked like. Right? What's happening? What's wrong?
gloss: To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
pos: verb
examples: He reeled back from the punch.
Terry's fist lashed out, but Simpson, anticipating the blow, stepped quickly to one side. Another followed, however, and caught the older man fairly on the chin, sent him reeling back.
gloss: To make or cause to reel.
pos: verb
gloss: To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
pos: verb
examples: In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled.
The high school had a send-off in my honour. It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Rajkot to go to England. I had written out a few words of thanks. But I could scarcely stammer them out. I remember how my head reeled and how my whole frame shook as I stood up to read them.
gloss: To be in shock.
pos: verb
tags: especially
figuratively
examples: New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.
gloss: To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
pos: verb
gloss: To roll.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reele.
gloss: To bring in or along.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: Frank stood at the sink, and began washing the plates. He realised if he was going to reel his great-aunt into his plan, he was going to have to do it very gently.
Derived words: areel
barley reel
blooper reel
B-reel
cotton reel
demo reel
extension reel
foursome reel
gag reel
hose reel
hosereel
Leica reel
log reel
multireel
newsreel
one-reeler
reelless
reelman
reel mower
reel of cotton
reel oven
reel-pot
reel-to-reel
reel to reel tape
reel-to-reel tape
reel-to-reel tape recorder
roving reel
sand reel
shame reel
sizzle reel
two-reeler
Virginia reel
reelable
reeler
reel in
reelin
reel off
reel out
reel up
rereel
unreel
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: рил
roman: ril
lang: Danish
word: reel
lang: French
word: reel
lang: Irish
word: ríl
lang: Irish
word: cor
lang: Manx
word: reel
lang: Portuguese
word: ril
lang: Russian
word: рил
roman: ril
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ruidhle
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ridhle
lang: Swedish
word: reel
lang: Welsh
word: ril