Reel
Meaning of Reel
noun
- a cylinder on which film, wire, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound.
a cotton reel
- a lively Scottish or Irish folk dance.
we put on the record player and danced reels
an eightsome reel
- wind something on to a reel by turning the reel.
sailplanes are often launched by means of a wire reeled in by a winch
- lose one's balance and stagger or lurch violently.
he punched Connolly in the ear, sending him reeling
she reeled back against the van
- dance a reel.
Old English hrēol, denoting a rotatory device on which spun thread is wound; of unknown origin.
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Hyphenation of Reel
Reel
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- Reel is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Reel synonyms
Meaning bobbin:
Meaning stagger:
stagger, keel, lurch, swag, careen
Meaning spin:
Meaning move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side:
Meaning the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil:
Meaning trip repeatedly as one walks:
Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way:
Meaning move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side:
Meaning lose strength or momentum:
Meaning move in a quivering way; flicker:
Meaning change or cause to change direction abruptly:
Meaning (of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around a lateral axis, so that the front moves up and down:
Meaning move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis:
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Words that rhyme with Reel
reel, areel, Creel, creel, encreel, screel, rereel, skreel, unreel, newsreel, streel, Jezreel
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