REEL
\ɹˈiːl], \ɹˈiːl], \ɹ_ˈiː_l]\
Definitions of REEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
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revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
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an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
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a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
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music composed for dancing a reel
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wind onto or off a reel
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move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
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walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
By Princeton University
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a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
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revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
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an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
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a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
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music composed for dancing a reel
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wind onto or off a reel
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move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.
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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.
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To roll.
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To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
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To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
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To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
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The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.
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A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; - often called Scotch reel.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.
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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.
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To roll.
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To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
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To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
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To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
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The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.
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A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; - often called Scotch reel.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A turning frame for winding yarn, rope, cord, etc.; a staggering movement; a lively country dance; as, the Virginia reel; the music for such a dance.
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To wind on a frame or bobbin; to draw in by winding; as, to reel fish in.
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To stagger or sway from side to side; feel dizzy; as, his head reeled.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A lively Scottish dance.
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A rolling or turning frame for winding yarn, etc.
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To wind on a reel.
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To stagger: to vacillate.
By Daniel Lyons
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To wind on a reel.
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A rotary device for winding rope, etc.
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To stagger; dance the reel.
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A lively dance, or its music.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A frame on which yarn, thread, lines, &c., are wound; also, a cylinder turning on an axis on which seamen wind the log-lines, and anglers their fishing line;-a lively dance characterized by a reeling or whirling movement also the music played to the dance.
