reel

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹiːl/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯l] Rhymes: -iːl, -iːəl Hyphenation: reel Homophone: real (some accents) === Noun === reel (plural reels) A shaky or unsteady gait. (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland. (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound. (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry. Synonym: showreel (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an app or website and typically only available for a short period. Synonyms: story, Snap Coordinate terms: tweet, status, short ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: рийл (rijl) → Hebrew: רילז → Korean: 릴스 (rilseu) → Russian: рилс (rils) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === reel (third-person singular simple present reels, present participle reeling, simple past and past participle reeled) To wind on a reel. To spin or revolve repeatedly. To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else. To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself. (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly. To make or cause to reel. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy. 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi: The high school had a send-off in my honour. It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Rajkot to go to England. I had written out a few words of thanks. But I could scarcely stammer them out. I remember how my head reeled and how my whole frame shook as I stood up to read them. (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock. To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers. (obsolete) To roll. (figurative) To bring in or along. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Erle, LREE, leer == Atong (India) == === Etymology === Borrowed from English rail, from Middle English rail, rayl, partly from Old English regol (“a ruler, straight bar”) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (“rule, bar”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reːl/ === Noun === reel (Bengali script রেঽল) rains train stud (of a fence) === References === van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. == Danish == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French réel (“real”), from Medieval Latin reālis (“actual”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /rɛɛl/, [ʁɛˈɛlˀ], [ʁeˈɛlˀ] ==== Adjective ==== reel real, proper reliable, trustworthy, honest (about a person) (mathematics) real (being a real number) ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English reel. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /riːl/, [ʁiːˀl], [ʁiːl], [ɹiːl] ==== Noun ==== reel c (singular definite reelen, plural indefinite reeler) (dance) reel ===== Inflection ===== == Romanian == === Adjective === reel m or n (feminine singular reelă, masculine plural reeli, feminine/neuter plural reele) obsolete form of real ==== Declension ==== === References === reel in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Turkish == === Etymology === From French réel, from Latin reālis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɾeæ̯l/ === Adjective === reel real Synonym: gerçek ==== Related terms ==== realite