reel

Noun

• an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

• a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps

• a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

• winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod

• music composed for dancing a reel

• a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

Verb

• wind onto or off a reel

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
  • The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
    

• walk as if unable to control one's movements
  • The drunken man staggered into the room
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Virginia reel , Scottish reel , bobbin , spool , spin , spin around , whirl , gyrate , stagger , keel , lurch , swag , careen