reel

[ UK /ɹˈiːl/ ]
[ US /ˈɹiɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
    The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
  2. walk as if unable to control one's movements
    The drunken man staggered into the room
  3. wind onto or off a reel
NOUN
  1. music composed for dancing a reel
  2. winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
  3. a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
  4. an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
  5. a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
  6. a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
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How To Use reel In A Sentence

  • This young man refuses to work and is freeloading
  • A freeloader is a person who takes advantage of others 'generosity without giving anything in return. Reddit.com: what's new online!
  • When fishing the ocean you need a good quality reel that is corrosion proof and fitted with a good quality and workable drag system that won't seize up when you hook that big one.
  • The large bone of the upper arm was splintered to the elbow joint, and the wound bled freely.
  • She is facing some criticism about going to Hollywood to raise money for her reelection campaign.
  • We tend to use these terms as if they were freely interchangeable forms of energy.
  • I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. Albert Einstein 
  • Pasture lands and meadow lands are often greatly improved by replowing and harrowing in order to break up the turf that forms and to admit air more freely into the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition
  • She subsequently has to steal, freeload and dumpster-dive to get by. Times, Sunday Times
  • For a week after the headlands of Tarifa and Spartel have sunk under the eastern horizon, the vessel is kept every day upon her course, -- her top-gallant and studding sails all distent with the wind blowing freely from over Biscay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
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