reel: signification et définitions

A device, such as a cylinder, spool, or frame, that turns on an axis and is used for winding and storing rope, tape, film, or other flexible materials.

A cylindrical device attached to a fishing rod to let out or wind up the line.

The quantity of wire, film, or other material wound on one reel.

A set of curved lawn-mower blades that rotate around a bar parallel to the ground, cutting grass while moving against a stationary straight blade.

To wind on or let out from a reel.

To recover by winding on a reel: reel in a large fish.

reel off To recite fluently and usually at length: reeled off a long list of names and dates.

To be thrown off balance or fall back: reeled from the sharp blow.

To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness: reeled down the alley.

To go round and round in a whirling motion: gulls reeling and diving.

To feel dizzy: My head reeled with the facts and figures.

To cause to reel.

A staggering, swaying, or whirling movement.

A moderately fast dance of Scottish origin.

The Virginia reel.

The music for one of these dances.

Maine A hand-held hammer used in a quarry for shaping granite blocks. See Regional Note at reeling.