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reel

(r/i/l )

a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
music composed for dancing a reel(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
bobbin, spool

source: wordnet30
a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps(noun.act)

Synonym:
scottish reel

source: wordnet30
an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines(noun.act)

Synonym:
virginia reel

source: wordnet30
A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.(noun)

source: webster1913

walk as if unable to control one's movements(verb.motion)

Synonym:
careen, keel, lurch, stagger, swag

source: wordnet30
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis(verb.motion)

Synonym:
gyrate, spin, spin around, whirl

source: wordnet30
wind onto or off a reel(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
To roll.(verb)

source: webster1913
To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.(verb)

source: webster1913

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