reel in (verb)
21reel off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms reel off : present tense I/you/we/they reel off he/she/it reels off present participle reeling off past tense reeled off past participle reeled off to say a list of things quickly and without much effort …
22reel out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms reel out : present tense I/you/we/they reel out he/she/it reels out present participle reeling out past tense reeled out past participle reeled out to make something such as rope become straighter by removing… …
23reel — [riːl] noun [C] I an object shaped like a WHEEL that you wind string, THREAD, wire, or film around in order to store it II verb [I] reel [riːl] 1) to move in a way that is not steady Syn: lurch 2) to feel very shocked, upset, or confused • reel… …
24reel off — transitive verb Date: 1837 1. to tell or recite readily and usually at length < reel off a few jokes to break the ice > 2. to chalk up usually as a series …
25reel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. sway, stagger, waver; spin, wheel. See agitation, rotation. reel off II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spool, bobbin, windlass, spindle, wheel, wound strip, roll of film. v. Syn. sway, stagger, lurch, weave …
26reel off — PHRASAL VERB If you reel off information, you repeat it from memory quickly and easily. [V P n (not pron)] She reeled off the titles of a dozen or so of the novels. [Also V n P] …
27ˌreel sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to say a list of things quickly and without much effort …
28un|reel — «uhn REEL», transitive verb, intransitive verb. to unwind from or as if from a reel …
29trailer — I. noun Date: 1590 1. one that trails 2. a trailing plant 3. a nonautomotive vehicle designed to be hauled by road: as a. a vehicle for transporting something < a boat trailer >; especially semitrailer 1 b. a vehicle designed to serve wherever… …
30reeler — reel ► NOUN 1) a cylinder on which film, wire, thread, etc. can be wound. 2) a part of a film. 3) a lively Scottish or Irish folk dance with music in simple or duple time. ► VERB 1) (reel in) wind on or bring towards one by turning a reel. 2) ( …
