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| Shopping | The largest selection of REEL products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | reel | A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector |
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| 2 | reel | Music composed for dancing a reel | |
| 3 | reel | Winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle | |
| 4 | reel, bobbin, spool | A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound | |
| 5 | reel, Scottish reel | A lively dance of Scottish Highlanders | |
| 6 | reel, Virginia reel | An American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines | |
| VERB | 1 | reel, stagger, keel, lurch, swag, careen | Walk as if unable to control one's movements |
| 2 | reel, spin, spin around, whirl, gyrate | Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | |
| 3 | reel | Wind onto or off a reel |
| Sounds | riy'l |
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| Rhymes | abele, anneal, appeal, and 61 more rhymes in iyl... |
| Meaning | A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector. |
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| Broader | film, photographic film |
| Verbs | reel |
| Meaning | Music composed for dancing a reel. |
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| Broader | dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music |
| Meaning | Winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle. Attached to a fishing rod. |
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| Member of | fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig |
| Part of | fishing rod, fishing pole |
| Broader | winder |
| Verbs | reel |
| Meaning | A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. |
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| Synonyms | bobbin, spool |
| Broader | winder |
| Narrower | filature; shuttle |
| Verbs | reel |
| Meaning | A lively dance of Scottish Highlanders. Marked by circular moves and gliding steps. |
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| Synonyms | Scottish reel |
| Broader | square dance, square dancing |
| Narrower | highland fling; eightsome |
| Meaning | An American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines. |
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| Synonyms | Virginia reel |
| Broader | longways, longways dance |
| Meaning | Walk as if unable to control one's movements. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | stagger, keel, lurch, swag, careen |
| Broader | walk |
| Nouns | reeler |
| Meaning | Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | spin, spin around, whirl, gyrate |
| Broader | revolve, go around, rotate |
| Narrower | whirligig |
| Meaning | Wind onto or off a reel. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | wind, wrap, roll, twine |
| Narrower | reel off, unreel |
| Nouns | reel; reel; reel |
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