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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reeled (r?ld); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Reeling. ]
     1. To roll. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel.
                                                    --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), v. i. [Cf. Sw. ragla. See 2d Reel.]
     1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to
        stagger.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
              man.                                  --Ps. cvii.
                                                    27.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He, with heavy fumes oppressed,
              Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves.
                                                    --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [Gael. righil.]
     A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the
     music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States
        for the old English ``country dance,'' or contradance
        (contredanse). --Bartlett.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [AS. hre['o]l: cf. Icel. hr[ae]ll a
     weaver's reed or sley.]
     1. A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on
        an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are
        wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a
        garden reel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays
        and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches
        in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches. --McElrath.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Agric.) A device consisting of radial arms with
        horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for
        holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the
        knives.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Reel oven, a baker's oven in which bread pans hang
        suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a
        horizontal axis. --Knight.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n.
     The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken
     reel. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reel \Reel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reeled (r?ld); p. pr. & vb.
     n. Reeling. ]
     1. To roll. [Obs.]
  
              And Sisyphus an huge round stone did reel.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     2. To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reel \Reel\, v. i. [Cf. Sw. ragla. See 2d Reel.]
     1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to
        stagger.
  
              They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
              man.                                  --Ps. cvii.
                                                    27.
  
              He, with heavy fumes oppressed, Reeled from the
              palace, and retired to rest.          --Pope.
  
              The wagons reeling under the yellow sheaves.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     2. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
  
              In these lengthened vigils his brain often reeled.
                                                    --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reel \Reel\ (r?l), n. [Gael. righil.]
     A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the
     music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
  
     Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States
        for the old English ``country dance,'' or contradance
        (contredanse). --Bartlett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reel \Reel\, n. [AS. kre?l: cf. Icel. kr?ll a weaver's reed or
     sley.]
     1. A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on
        an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are
        wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a
        garden reel.
  
     2. A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays
        and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches
        in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches. --McElrath.
  
     3. (Agric.) A device consisting of radial arms with
        horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for
        holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the
        knives.
  
     Reel oven, a baker's oven in which bread pans hang
        suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a
        horizontal axis. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reel \Reel\, n.
     The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken
     reel. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  reel
       n 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 [syn: bobbin, spool]
       5: a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular
          moves and gliding steps [syn: Scottish reel]
       6: an American country dance which starts with the couples
          facing each other in two lines [syn: Virginia reel]
       v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
            man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, keel, lurch,
             swag, careen]
       2: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
          dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
          [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, gyrate]
       3: wind onto or off a reel

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reel
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 καρούλι στο οποίο τυλίγεται και ξετυλίγεται καλώδιο, λάστιχο,
  σχοινί ή άλλο παρόμοιο αντικείμενο
     2 μπομπίνα κινηματογραφικού φιλμ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reel
     n.
     A shaky or unsteady gait.
     vb.
     1 To wind on a reel.
     2 To spin or revolve repeatedly.
     3 To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding
  something else.
     4 To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not
  in control of oneself.
     Romanian a.
     (obsolete form of ro real)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Reel
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  reel
     n.
     A shaky or unsteady gait.
     vb.
     1 To wind on a reel.
     2 To spin or revolve repeatedly.
     3 To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding
  something else.
     4 To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not
  in control of oneself.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Reel
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  reel
     n.
     A shaky or unsteady gait.
     vb.
     1 To wind on a reel.
     2 To spin or revolve repeatedly.
     3 To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding
  something else.
     4 To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not
  in control of oneself.
     Romanian a.
     (obsolete form of ro real)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Reel
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  reel
     n.
     A shaky or unsteady gait.
     vb.
     1 To wind on a reel.
     2 To spin or revolve repeatedly.
     3 To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding
  something else.
     4 To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not
  in control of oneself.
     Turkish a.
     real

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Reel
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reel
     Englanti n.
     kela
     Englanti vb.
     kelata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reel
     n.
     (tagg: dans) livlig dans från skotska höglandet; musik till denna
  dans

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  reel
     n.
     (tagg: dans) livlig dans från skotska höglandet; musik till denna
  dans

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:dan-eng ]


  reel /ʁˈʔeʔɛl/
  actual, practical, real

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Reel /rˈeːl/ 
  reel 
           Note: Ir./Scot. folk dance
           Note: ir./schott. Volkstanz

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Reel /ɹˈiːl/
  البكرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  reel //ɹiːl// 
  1. трейлър
  compilation of film
  2. макара́
  spool

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  reel //ɹiːl// 
  1. навивам
  to spin or revolve repeatedly
  2. залитам
  to walk shakily or unsteadily
  3. намотавам
  to wind on a reel