reel

/ɹiːl/ · noun

Meaning

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 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.
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.
A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
To wind on a reel.
To spin or revolve repeatedly.
To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
(with back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
To make or cause to reel.

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