Reel

Quick meaning: Reel is a noun meaning A shaky or unsteady gait.

Meaning

A shaky or unsteady gait.

More Meanings

1. (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
2. (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
3. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
4. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
5. To wind on a reel.
6. (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.
7. (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.

Example Sentences

a garden reel

an angler's reel

Nudge the fruit machine reel.

The traditional reel Within a Mile of Dublin, for instance, distorts until it reaches something quasi-industrial.

Word Forms

• reels
• reeling
• reeled

Synonyms for reel

Depending on context, synonyms include showreel, story, Snap, lurch, stagger, careen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lurch, stagger, waggle, swag, wamble, whirl.

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