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noun
1.
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
2.
a rotatory device attached to a fishing rod at the butt, for winding up or letting out the line.
3.
Photography.
a.
a spool on which film, especially motion-picture film, is wound.
b.
a roll of motion-picture film.
c.
a holder for roll film in a developing tank.
4.
a quantity of something wound on a reel.
5.
Chiefly British. a spool of sewing thread; a roller or bobbin of sewing thread.
verb (used with object)
6.
to wind on a reel, as thread, yarn, etc.
7.
to unwind (silk filaments) from a cocoon.
8.
to pull or draw by winding a line on a reel: to reel a fish in.
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Reel off
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
9.
Idiomreel off, to say, write, or produce quickly and easily: The old sailor reeled off one story after another.
10.
off the reel,
a.
without pause; continuously.
b.
Also, right off the reel.without delay or hesitation; immediately.
Origin:
before 1050; (noun) Middle English rele, Old English hrēol; cognate with Old Norse hræll weaver's rod; (v.) Middle English relen, derivative of rele
before 1050; (noun) Middle English rele, Old English hrēol; cognate with Old Norse hræll weaver's rod; (v.) Middle English relen, derivative of rele
Related forms
reel·a·ble, adjective
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| reel off | |
| —vb | |
| (tr, adverb) to recite or write fluently and without apparent effort: to reel off items on a list | |
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Word Origin & History
reel
"to whirl around," c.1300, probably from reel (n.1), on notion of "spinning." Of the mind, from 1796.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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