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reel
noun
1. A cylindrical device attached to a fishing rod to let out or wind up the line.
2. A device, such as a cylinder, spool, or frame, that turns on an axis and is used for winding and storing rope, tape, film, or other flexible materials.
3. A moderately fast dance of Scottish origin.
4. A set of curved lawn-mower blades that rotate around a bar parallel to the ground, cutting grass while moving against a stationary straight blade.
5. A staggering, swaying, or whirling movement.
phrasal-verb
1. Reel off To recite fluently and usually at length: reeled off a long list of names and dates.
verb
1. To wind on or as if on a reel.
2. To draw by a line .
3. To turn a reel.
4. To turn or move round and round.
5. To be in a whirl.
verb-intransitive
1. To be thrown off balance or fall back: reeled from the sharp blow.
2. To feel dizzy: My head reeled with the facts and figures.
3. To go round and round in a whirling motion: gulls reeling and diving.
4. To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness: reeled down the alley.
verb-transitive
1. To cause to reel.
2. To recover by winding on a reel: reel in a large fish.
3. To wind on or let out from a reel.
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leer | 4 |
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2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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el | 2 |
er | 2 |
re | 2 |
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eel | 3 |
ere | 3 |
lee | 3 |
ree | 3 |
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leer | 4 |
reel | 4 |