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Noun reel has 6 senses
- reel - a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
--1 is a kind of film, photographic film
- reel - music composed for dancing a reel
--2 is a kind of dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
- reel - winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
--3 is a kind of winder
--3 is a part of fishing rod, fishing pole
--3 is a member of
- bobbin, spool, reel - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
--4 is a kind of winder
--4 has particulars: filature; shuttle
- reel, Scottish reel - a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
--5 is a kind of square dance, square dancing
--5 has particulars: highland fling; eightsome
- Virginia reel, reel - an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
--6 is a kind of longways, longways dance
Verb reel has 3 senses
- stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen - walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
--1 is one way to walk
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
--2 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- reel - wind onto or off a reel
--3 is one way to wind, wrap, roll, twine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s something PP
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