A cylindrical device attached to a fishing rod to let out or wind up the line.
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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.
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A moderately fast dance of Scottish origin.
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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.
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A staggering, swaying, or whirling movement.
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phrasal-verb
Reel off To recite fluently and usually at length: reeled off a long list of names and dates.
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verb-intransitive
To be thrown off balance or fall back: reeled from the sharp blow.
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To feel dizzy: My head reeled with the facts and figures.
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To go round and round in a whirling motion: gulls reeling and diving.
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To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness: reeled down the alley.
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verb-transitive
To cause to reel.
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To recover by winding on a reel: reel in a large fish.
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To wind on or let out from a reel.
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verb
To wind on or as if on a reel.
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To draw by a line .
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To turn a reel.
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To turn or move round and round.
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To be in a whirl.
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