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.