reel : Idioms & Phrases
Log reel
(Naut.) , the reel on which the log line is wound.
Webster 1913
reel off
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verb unwind from or as if from a reel
unreel.
- unreel the tape
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verb recite volubly or extravagantly
spiel off; rattle down; roll off; rattle off.
- He could recite the names of all the chemical elements
WordNet
Reel oven
- a baker's oven in which bread pans hang suspended from the arms of a kind of reel revolving on a horizontal axis.
Webster 1913
scottish reel
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noun a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
reel.
WordNet
Virginia reel
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noun an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
reel.
WordNet
- the common name throughout the United States for the old English "country dance," or contradance (contredanse). Bartlett.
- an old English contradance; so called in the United States. Bartlett.
