Definition Of Reel Noun From The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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Definition of reel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reel noun  /riːl/  /riːl/ jump to other results

1. enlarge image(especially British English) (also especially North American English spool) a round object around which you wind such things as thread, wire or film; a reel together with the film, wire, thread, etc. that is wound around it
   • The sewing basket and a box of cotton reels lay at her feet.
   • a reel on a fishing rod
   • reels of magnetic tape
   • She threaded a new reel of film into the projector.
   • The hero was killed in the final reel (= in the final part of the film).
   • a reel of string/tape/thread
   • He wanted to buy a new fishing reel.
   see also inertia reel, reel-to-reelTopics Film and theatrec1

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2. a short video that is designed for entertainment, often showing the highlights (= the most interesting or exciting parts) of something
   • Highlight reels of your friends' holidays often give a misleading impression of what they were really like.
   Topics Phones, email and the internetc2
3. a fast Scottish, Irish or American dance, usually for two or four couples; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2
Word OriginOld English hrēol, denoting a rotating device on which spun thread is wound; of unknown origin.

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• reel verb
• reel
• reel in
• reel off
• reel out
• reel-to-reel adjective
• inertia reel noun
• eightsome reel
• reel something in
• reel something out
• reel something off

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• reel something in
• reel something out
• reel something off

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• reek verb
• reek noun
• reel noun
• reel verb
• re-elect verb

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