| reel | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. reel | a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector. |
| ~ photographic film, film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies. |
| n. (communication) | 2. reel | music composed for dancing a reel. |
| ~ dance music | music to dance to. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. reel | winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod. |
| ~ fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle, rig | gear used in fishing. |
| ~ fishing pole, fishing rod | a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line. |
| ~ winder | mechanical device around which something can be wound. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. bobbin, reel, spool | a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. |
| ~ filature | a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread. |
| ~ shuttle | bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads. |
| ~ winder | mechanical device around which something can be wound. |
| n. (act) | 5. reel, scottish reel | a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps. |
| ~ highland fling | a vigorous Scottish reel. |
| ~ square dance, square dancing | American country dancing in which couples form squares. |
| ~ eightsome | a Scottish reel for eight dancers. |
| n. (act) | 6. reel, virginia reel | an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines. |
| ~ longways, longways dance | country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other. |
| v. (motion) | 7. careen, keel, lurch, reel, stagger, swag | walk as if unable to control one's movements.; "The drunken man staggered into the room" |
| ~ walk | use one's feet to advance; advance by steps.; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" |
| v. (motion) | 8. gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, whirl | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis.; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" |
| ~ revolve, rotate, go around | turn on or around an axis or a center.; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" |
| ~ whirligig | whirl or spin like a whirligig. |
| v. (contact) | 9. reel | wind onto or off a reel. |
| ~ twine, wrap, wind, roll | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| ~ reel off, unreel | unwind from or as if from a reel.; "unreel the tape" |
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