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A shaky or unsteady gait.
A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, 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 garden reel"
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.
Synonyms
To wind on a reel.
To spin or revolve repeatedly.
To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
"He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package."
To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
How to use "REEL" in a sentence
"a garden reel"
A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like,…
"He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package."
To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.…
"He reeled back from the punch."
(with back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.…
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