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# reel

«reel» in Mova's school dictionary: **A round thing that thread, film, fishing line or wire is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a reel, reels); verb (reel, reels, reeled, reeling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A round thing that thread, film, fishing line or wire is wound on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#m1)

2) (noun) A fast lively folk dance from Scotland or Ireland, and its music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#m2)

3) (verb) To pull something towards you by winding a line: reel in a fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#m3)

4) (verb) To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall; to stagger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#m4)

5) (verb) To feel shocked or confused: "My head is reeling." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#m5)

6) (noun, social media) A short video on an app like Instagram. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#m6)

7) To reel can also mean to spin thread or wool into yarn on a spinning wheel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, a fishing rod has a reel, and old films were on reels. In Scotland and Ireland, children learn reels at ceilidhs and Irish dancing. In stories, a character reels from a punch or from shocking news. Phrases: reel in, reel off (say a long list quickly), reeling from the news, a cotton reel, highlights reel.

### examples

- Grandad reeled in a huge fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#x1)
- Pass me the reel of cotton, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#x2)
- At the ceilidh we danced a Scottish reel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#x3)
- He reeled back after bumping his head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#x4)
- I was still reeling from the news that we were moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#x5)
- She reeled off the names of all the planets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#x6)
- My cousin posted a funny reel of her dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#x7)
- Reel away, reel away, Straw into gold!’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/#x8)

### note

Homophone: "real" (true, not fake) sounds almost the same — do not mix them up. Past form: reeled. "Reel off" means say quickly from memory; "reel in" means pull in. A cotton reel (UK) = a spool of thread (US).

### In the corpora

- [They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1981/)
- [He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.140/)
- [Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.559/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.