reel
1. a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
film, photographic film
2. music composed for dancing a reel
• Hypernyms:
dance music
3. winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle;
attached to a fishing rod
• Hypernyms:
winder
• Member Holonyms:
fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
• Part Holonyms:
fishing rod, fishing pole
4. a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
• Syn:
bobbin, spool
• Derivationally related forms:
spool (for: spool)
• Hypernyms:
winder
• Hyponyms:
filature, shuttle
5. a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders;
marked by circular moves and gliding steps
• Syn:
Scottish reel
• Hypernyms:
square dance, square dancing
• Hyponyms:
highland fling, eightsome
6. an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
• Syn:
Virginia reel
• Hypernyms:
longways, longways dance
1. walk as if unable to control one's movements (Freq. 2)
- The drunken man staggered into the room
• Syn:
stagger, keel, lurch, swag, careen
• Derivationally related forms:
careen (for: careen), lurch (for: lurch), reeler, stagger (for: stagger), staggerer (for: stagger)
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis (Freq. 1)
- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
• Syn:
spin, spin around, whirl, gyrate
• Derivationally related forms:
gyration (for: gyrate), whirl (for: whirl), whirler (for: whirl), spin (for: spin), spinner (for: spin)
• Hypernyms:
revolve, go around, rotate
• Hyponyms:
whirligig
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
3. wind onto or off a reel
• Hypernyms:
wind, wrap, roll, twine
• Hyponyms:
reel off, unreel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
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