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Definition reel

Etymology

From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English r?ol, hr?ol, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræl.

Noun

reel (plural reels)

  1. A shaky or unsteady gait.
  2. A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
  3. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
  4. (textiles) 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.
  5. (agriculture) 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.
  6. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.

Verb

reel (third-person singular simple present reels, present participle reeling, simple past and past participle reeled)

  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.
  5. (with back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
  6. To make or cause to reel.
  7. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
  8. To be in shock.
  9. (obsolete) To roll.

Results 162 Words with the letters REEL

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6 letter words with the letters REEL ↑
AREOLE 7
BELIER 10
BELTER 10
CEILER 10
CELERY 12
CEREAL 10
CLEVER 14
CREELS 10
CRENEL 11
CREOLE 10
CREWEL 13
DEALER 8
DELVER 12
DUELER 9
EELIER 7
EERILY 9
ELATER 7
ELDERS 8
ELMIER 10
ELOPER 10
ELUDER 9
ELVERS 11
EVILER 11
FEELER 10
FELLER 11
FERLIE 10
FERREL 10
FERULE 11
FLEERS 10
FREELY 12
FUELER 11
GALERE 9
GELDER 10
HEALER 9
HEELER 9
HELLER 10
HELPER 12
KEGLER 13
KELTER 11
KERNEL 12
LAREES 7
LAVEER 11
LEADER 8
LEAKER 11
LEANER 8
LEAPER 10
LEASER 7
LEAVER 11
LECHER 12
LEDGER 10
LEERED 8
LEFTER 10
LEGERS 9
LENDER 9
LEPERS 10
LESSER 7
LETTER 7
LEVERS 11
LEVIER 11
LEWDER 11
LIEDER 8
LIEFER 10
LIERNE 8
LIEVER 11
MELDER 11
MELTER 10
MERELY 12
MERLES 10
MEWLER 13
PEDLER 11
PEELER 10
PELTER 10
PETREL 10
REALER 7
REALES 7
REBELS 10
REDDLE 9
REDLEG 10
REELED 8
REELER 7
REFEEL 10
REFELL 11
REFELS 10
REFELT 10
REFILE 10
REFLET 10
REFLEW 13
REFLEX 17
REFUEL 11
REGALE 9
REGLET 9
REGLUE 10
REHEEL 9
RELACE 10
RELATE 7
RELEND 9
RELENT 8
RELETS 7
RELEVE 11
RELIED 8
RELIEF 10
RELIER 7
RELIES 7
RELINE 8
RELIVE 11
RELUME 11
REMELT 10
REPEAL 10
REPELS 10
REPLED 11
RESALE 7
RESEAL 7
RESELL 8
RESILE 7
RESOLE 7
RETELL 8
RETILE 7
REVEAL 11
REVELS 11
REVILE 11
REWELD 11
SEALER 7
SELLER 8
STREEL 7
TELFER 10
TELLER 8
TERCEL 10
TREBLE 10
UNREEL 9
VEALER 11
VEILER 11
VELURE 12
WELDER 11
WELTER 10
YELLER 10
YELPER 12
5 letter words with the letters REEL ↑
CREEL 9
ELDER 7
ELVER 10
FLEER 9
LAREE 6
LEERS 6
LEERY 8
LEGER 8
LEPER 9
LEVER 10
MERLE 9
REBEL 9
REELS 6
REFEL 9
RELET 6
REPEL 9
REVEL 10
4 letter words with the letters REEL ↑
LEER 5
REEL 5
3 letter words with the letters REEL ↑
EEL 4
ERE 3
LEE 4
REE 3
2 letter words with the letters REEL ↑
EL 3
ER 2
RE 2

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