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reel
  1. A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
  2. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
  3. (textiles) 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.
  4. (agriculture) 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.
  5. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. gyration, pirouette, revolution, roll, rotation, spin, twirl, wheel, whirl, turn, circle, swirl, circuit, circumvolution, gyre, turning, cycle, circulation, twist, pivot, revolving, birl, circling, spinning, orbit, round, swivel, whirling, swivelling, twirling, lap, circumrotation, wheeling, swiveling, run, undulation, twizzle, eddy, whirlpool, trundling, roller, spiral, single turn, circular motion, pitch, sling, lurch, shunting, pendulation, whip … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “His mind spun in a frenzied reel as though it were a boat tossed at sea amid a midsummer storm.”
      “The assembly includes an elongate fishing rod and a reel mounted to the fishing rod.”
reeler
  1. A person employed to wind material onto a reel.
  2. (genetics) An autosomal-recessive mouse mutant in which cortical neurons are generated normally but abnormally placed, a lack of reelin causing disorganization of cortical laminar layers. It has a reeling gait.
  3. Examples:
      4. “It is, therefore, quite a hopeless task to reel silk unless the reeler is skilled.”
      “The reeler is careful to remove any slight adhesions, by the application of a brush in the progress of her work.”
      “There isnt a power reeler or loom in the town, nor yet a loom of the jacquard type.”
reelin
  1. (biochemistry) A protein that helps to regulate processes of neuronal migration and positioning in the developing brain.
reelman
  1. A person who operates a reel.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The beltman would swim out and rescue the patient, while the reelman attended the reel.”
      “The reelman had to keep a close eye to see if he was running out of line.”
      “In turn, jerkingly raised and lowered by the rolling billows, the towing resistance of the log caused the old reelman to stagger strangely.”
reeling
  1. The motion of something that reels.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pitch, lurch, roll, lurching, pitching, plunging, rolling, swaying, keeling, laboring, labouring, list, rocking, wallowing, heave, wobble, wobbliness, shakiness, unsteadiness, instability, ricketiness, vertigo, trembling, rockiness, weakness, wonkiness, insecurity, precariousness, unstableness, wavering, unevenness, tremulousness, disequilibrium, unfixedness, tremor, shake, insecureness, jerkiness, shaking, jumpiness, dizziness, wooziness, faintness, lightheadedness, giddiness, vertiginousness, mirligoes, light-headedness, loss of equilibrium, loss of balance … more
reeler
  1. The grasshopper warbler.
  2. Examples:
      3. “It is, therefore, quite a hopeless task to reel silk unless the reeler is skilled.”
      “The reeler is careful to remove any slight adhesions, by the application of a brush in the progress of her work.”
      “There isnt a power reeler or loom in the town, nor yet a loom of the jacquard type.”
reelmen
  1. plural of reelman
reelings
  1. plural of reeling
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pitch, lurch, rolls, lurchings, pitchings, plungings, rollings, swayings, keelings, labourings, lists, rockings, wallowings, heaves, wobbles, wobbliness, shakiness, unsteadiness, instability, ricketiness, vertigos, tremblings, rockiness, weaknesses, wonkiness, unevenness, insecureness, tremulousness, jerkiness, shakes, insecurities, jumpiness, unstableness, tremors, waverings, shakings, disequilibria, precariousness, unfixedness … more
reelers
  1. plural of reeler
  2. Examples:
      3. “The Newcastle firm is a global supplier of large winches, umbilical reelers and handling equipment.”
      “As reelers, the boys dip their hands into scalding water and palpate the silk cocoons, sensing by touch whether the fine silk threads have loosened enough to be unwound.”
reels
  1. plural of reel
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gyrations, pirouettes, revolution, rolls, rotations, spin, twirls, wheels, whirls, turns, circles, circuits, swirls, gyres, circumvolutions, cycles, twists, birls, turnings, revolvings, pivots, circulation, swivels, laps, circumrotations, spinnings, twirlings, whirlings, orbits, wheelings, swivellings, circlings, rounds, rollers, eddies, whirlpools, twizzles, undulations, trundlings, runs, spirals, pendulation, lurch, shunting, whips, pitch, slings, swings, twistings, revolves … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Dave can see he's on to a winner, so reels off a string of one-liners without a break.”
      “His accomplished studies of human failure and misunderstanding are more than mere reels of celluloid.”
      “He composed many reels and hornpipes so Paddy Mills music will always be alive.”
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