How to pronounce “reel”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A shaky or unsteady gait.
• (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
• (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
• A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
• (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.
• (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
• (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period.
• [Verb]
• To wind on a reel.
• To spin or revolve repeatedly.
• To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
• To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
• (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
• To make or cause to reel.
• To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
• (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
• To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
• (obsolete) To roll.
• (figurative) To bring in or along.

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