1. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector 
2. Music composed for dancing a reel 
3. Winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod 
4. A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
   - bobbin, spool 
5. A lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
   - Scottish reel 
6. An American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
   - Virginia reel

1. Walk as if unable to control one's movements
   - stagger, keel, lurch, swag, careen 
2. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
   - spin, spin around, whirl, gyrate 
3. Wind onto or off a reel

Sounds like: real

Derived forms: reeled, reels, reeling

See also: reeler

Type of: dance music, film, go around, longways, longways dance, photographic film, revolve, roll, rotate, square dance, square dancing, twine, walk, wind, winder, wrap

Part of: fishing gear, fishing pole, fishing rig, fishing rod, fishing tackle, rig, tackle

Encyclopedia: Reel

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