Usually means: Cylinder holding film, tape, line.
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We found 44 dictionaries that define the word reel:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. reel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. reel: Merriam-Webster
  3. reel, reel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. reel, reel, reel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. reel: Collins English Dictionary
  6. reel: Vocabulary.com
  7. Reel, reel: Wordnik
  8. reel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Reel, reel: Wiktionary
  10. reel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. reel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. reel: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Reel, reel: Dictionary.com
  14. reel (n.1), reel (n.2), reel (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. reel: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Reel (dance), Reel (disambiguation), Reel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Reel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. reel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. reel: Rhymezone
  20. reel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. reel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Reel, Reel: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. reel: FreeDictionary.org
  24. reel: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  25. reel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. reel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  27. reel: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. reel: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. REEL: Acronym Finder
  3. reel: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Reel: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. winyourwager.com Gambling Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Reel: Glossary of Paper Terms
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See reeled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A shaky or unsteady gait.
noun:  (dance) A lively dance originating in Scotland.
noun:  (music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
noun:  A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
noun:  (social media, sometimes capitalized) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
verb:  To wind on a reel.
verb:  To spin or revolve repeatedly.
verb:  To unwind; to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
verb:  To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
verb:  (with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
verb:  To make or cause to reel.
verb:  To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
verb:  (figurative, especially as "be reeling") To be in shock.
verb:  To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
verb:  (obsolete) To roll.
verb:  (figurative) To bring in or along.
noun:  A surname.

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