Unscramble reel

Definition of reel

noun:

• a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
• music composed for dancing a reel.
• winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod.
• a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. Synonyms: bobbin, spool.
• a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps. Synonyms: Scottish reel.
• an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines. Synonyms: Virginia reel.

verb:

• walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room". Synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, stagger, swag.
• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy". Synonyms: gyrate, spin, spin around, whirl.
• wind onto or off a reel.

Related words

eightsome, filature, shuttle, unreel, whirligig.

Words nearby

creel, eel, feel, heel, keel, neel, peel, real, rebel, reed, reef, reek, repel, revel, riel, seel.

Rhymes with

anneal, appeal, automobile, brasil, camomile, chamomile, conceal, congeal, corneal, creel, deal, eel, emile, feel, genteel, heal, heel, ideal, keel, kneel.