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Yes, reel is playable

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"Reel" Definition

noun

A cylindrical device attached to a fishing rod to let out or wind up the line.
A device, such as a cylinder, spool, or frame, that turns on an axis and is used for winding and storing rope, tape, film, or other flexible materials.
A moderately fast dance of Scottish origin.
A set of curved lawn-mower blades that rotate around a bar parallel to the ground, cutting grass while moving against a stationary straight blade.
A staggering, swaying, or whirling movement.

phrasal-verb

Reel off To recite fluently and usually at length: reeled off a long list of names and dates.

verb-intransitive

To be thrown off balance or fall back: reeled from the sharp blow.
To feel dizzy: My head reeled with the facts and figures.
To go round and round in a whirling motion: gulls reeling and diving.
To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness: reeled down the alley.

verb-transitive

To cause to reel.
To recover by winding on a reel: reel in a large fish.
To wind on or let out from a reel.

verb

To wind on or as if on a reel.
To draw by a line .
To turn a reel.
To turn or move round and round.
To be in a whirl.

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