SkyfireDict

reel   (TTS Sound)

The noun reel has 6 senses

• reel -- (a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector)


• reel -- (music composed for dancing a reel)


• reel -- (winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod)


• bobbin, spool, reel -- (a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound)


• reel, Scottish reel -- (a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps)


• Virginia reel, reel -- (an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines)

The verb reel has 3 senses

• stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen -- (walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room")


• spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate -- (revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy")


• reel -- (wind onto or off a reel)