Meaning of Reel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shaky or unsteady gait.
2. A surname.
3. A lively dance originating in Scotland.
4. The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
5. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
6. 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.
7. A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
8. 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.
   capitalized, sometimes

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Examples

“Doubtless the present game of chess was developed through just such fiddling; perhaps someone once thought that the drunken reel of the knight was hostile to the essence of Chess.”

“So strict is the kirk of Scotland, that one minister was unfrocked for writing a play (in former times); and another was sent about his business for being too fond of whiskey and of dancing the reel of Tullochgorum.”

“[…]sample the famed waters from the Scottish mountains like a native born, and last but not least, play a reel on the bagpipes in the big hall that set all the laddies and lassies dancing.”

“The traditional reel Within a Mile of Dublin, for instance, distorts until it reaches something quasi-industrial.”

“a log reel”

“an angler's reel”

“a garden reel”

“Nudge the fruit machine reel.”

“A hose reel forms part of a hose trolley or hose cart”

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