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Synonyms for reel
Grammar : Verb |
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Phonetic Transcription : ril |
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Définition of reel
Origin :- "frame turning on an axis," especially one on which thread is wound, late Old English hreol "reel for winding thread," from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz; probably related to hrægel "garment," and Old Norse hræll "spindle," from PIE *krek- "to weave, beat" (cf. Greek krokus "nap of cloth").
- Specifically of the fishing rod attachment from 1726; of a film projector apparatus from 1896. Reel-to-reel type of tape deck is attested from 1958.
- verb wobble; spin around
- But Pa had a sister who was reel good-lookin', an' some says you've got her eyes.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- It flung away from him, the wire screaming from the reel behind it.
- Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
- I reel in whenever practicable and kill the fish on the line.
- Extract from : « Black Bass » by Charles Barker Bradford
- Guide it to its place with the thumb, and run it from side to side of the reel like cotton on a spool.
- Extract from : « Black Bass » by Charles Barker Bradford
- There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- If you want to be a reel sailor you must smoke all the time.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Sakr-el-Bahr was seen to reel under the blow, and instantly there was a commotion on board.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- She is 23 nearly seventy, but can dance a horn-pipe or a reel with the best of them.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- This explosion was terrific, the very earth appeared to reel.
- Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- “Keep the butt well down, and your thumb upon the reel,” he continued.
- Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
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