Meaning of "reel" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REEL

Old English hrēol; related to Old Norse hrǣll weaver's rod, Greek krekein to weave.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REEL

reel  [riːl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REEL

Reel is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb reel in English.

WHAT DOES REEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reel

A reel is an object around which lengths of another material are wound for storage. Generally a reel has a cylindrical core and walls on the sides to retain the material wound around the core. In some cases the core is hollow, although other items may be mounted on it, and grips may exist for mechanically turning the reel.

Definition of reel in the English dictionary

The first definition of reel in the dictionary is any of various cylindrical objects or frames that turn on an axis and onto which film, magnetic tape, paper tape, wire, thread, etc, may be wound US equivalent: spool. Other definition of reel is a device for winding, casting, etc, consisting of a revolving spool with a handle, attached to a fishing rod. Reel is also a roll of celluloid exhibiting a sequence of photographs to be projected.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REEL

PRESENT

Present

I reel

you reel

he/she/it reels

we reel

you reel

they reel

Present continuous

I am reeling

you are reeling

he/she/it is reeling

we are reeling

you are reeling

they are reeling

Present perfect

I have reeled

you have reeled

he/she/it has reeled

we have reeled

you have reeled

they have reeled

Present perfect continuous

I have been reeling

you have been reeling

he/she/it has been reeling

we have been reeling

you have been reeling

they have been reeling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I reeled

you reeled

he/she/it reeled

we reeled

you reeled

they reeled

Past continuous

I was reeling

you were reeling

he/she/it was reeling

we were reeling

you were reeling

they were reeling

Past perfect

I had reeled

you had reeled

he/she/it had reeled

we had reeled

you had reeled

they had reeled

Past perfect continuous

I had been reeling

you had been reeling

he/she/it had been reeling

we had been reeling

you had been reeling

they had been reeling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will reel

you will reel

he/she/it will reel

we will reel

you will reel

they will reel

Future continuous

I will be reeling

you will be reeling

he/she/it will be reeling

we will be reeling

you will be reeling

they will be reeling

Future perfect

I will have reeled

you will have reeled

he/she/it will have reeled

we will have reeled

you will have reeled

they will have reeled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been reeling

you will have been reeling

he/she/it will have been reeling

we will have been reeling

you will have been reeling

they will have been reeling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would reel

you would reel

he/she/it would reel

we would reel

you would reel

they would reel

Conditional continuous

I would be reeling

you would be reeling

he/she/it would be reeling

we would be reeling

you would be reeling

they would be reeling

Conditional perfect

I would have reel

you would have reel

he/she/it would have reel

we would have reel

you would have reel

they would have reel

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been reeling

you would have been reeling

he/she/it would have been reeling

we would have been reeling

you would have been reeling

they would have been reeling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you reel
we let´s reel
you reel

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to reel

Past participle

reeled

Present Participle

reeling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reel» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of reel

falter · lurch · pitch · revolve · rock · roll · spin · stagger · stumble · sway · swim · swirl · totter · twirl · waver · whirl · wobble

TRANSLATION OF REEL

Find out the translation of reel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of reel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reel» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 卷轴
• Translator English - Spanish: carrete
• English: reel
• Translator English - Hindi: रील
• Translator English - Arabic: بَكَرَة
• Translator English - Russian: катушка
• Translator English - Portuguese: carretel
• Translator English - Bengali: রীল
• Translator English - French: moulinet
• Translator English - Malay: Reel
• Translator English - German: Spule
• Translator English - Japanese: リール
• Translator English - Korean: 릴
• Translator English - Javanese: Reel
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ống
• Translator English - Tamil: ரீல்
• Translator English - Marathi: रील
• Translator English - Turkish: makara
• Translator English - Italian: bobina
• Translator English - Polish: szpulka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: котушка
• Translator English - Romanian: rolă
• Translator English - Greek: καρούλι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: reel
• Translator English - Swedish: vinda
• Translator English - Norwegian: spole

10 QUOTES WITH «REEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reel.

1

Valerie Azlynn

I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.

2

Jonathan Banks

I've died so many times. I'm 65. On my 40th birthday, my girlfriend gave me a reel with ways I had died, whether it was by knife, or electrocution or drowning or being thrown off a building or whatever it might have been. I've died a lot of times!

3

Tom Brady

I always try to do as much as I can do. I'm never a person that does not enough, because I'd regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn't work.

4

Craig Brown

It is hard being a football loather, a football unfan. I sometimes feel as lonely as the sole survivor in the last reel of a Zombie film, as, one by one, old friends reveal themselves, with their glassy stares and outstretched arms, to have succumbed to the lure.

5

Dana Carvey

After years of begging, I got my parents to get me a little Craig tape recorder, a reel to reel. Then I started recording voices, or recording Jonathan Winters off television and stuff like that.

6

Pete Docter

The way we work at Pixar is we write the script, but then we quickly move on into story reel, which is basically like a comic-book version of the film. And then we do our own dialogue and music and sound effects, all in an effort to be able to basically sit in the theater and watch the movie before we shoot it, essentially.

7

Stephen Gaghan

Life serves up satire. Unfortunately. Or fortunately. I don't know. You have to reel it in to drama.

8

Janina Gavankar

IMDb only lists specific projects. It doesn't list theater, commercial, and most non-union work. You also have to pay to upload your reel to most sites, and some places still make you walk your DVD into their physical location.

9

Michelle Gomez

I've always been a gurner. I tried to reel it in. You know there was a period when I thought I was going to be a really serious actress, but the gurning... I can't get in control of it. It just runs away with me.

10

Jane Krakowski

I was one of those people who watched and videotaped the Tonys every year and kept a highlight reel every year. I saw every Broadway show as a kid.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REEL»

Discover the use of reel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Reel to Real: Race, Class and Sex at the Movies

Here bell hooks – one of America’s most celebrated and thrilling cultural critics – talks back to films that have moved and provoked her, from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fictionto the work of Spike Lee.

Bell Hooks, 2009

Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies

From the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial, portrayed in Inherit the Wind, to the sensational war crimes trials that inspired Judgment at Nuremberg, celluloid trials have provided a compelling source of entertainment.

Paul Bergman, Michael Asimow, 2006

Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

A groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous history dating from cinema's earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding and bomb-blowing ""evil"" ArabsAward-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen ...

Jack Shaheen, 2012

Reel Families: A Social History of Amateur Film

" Reel Families is the first historical study of amateur film, the most pervasive of media.

Patricia Rodden Zimmermann, 1995

Reel Knockouts: Violent Women in Film

Violent Women in Film Martha McCaughey, Neal King. We assembled this book on violent women in the movies not because we fear these women are too sexy, too coopted by state authority, or too deranged, nor because we worry that ...

Martha McCaughey, Neal King, 2010

Reel Spirituality (Engaging Culture): Theology and Film in ...

Throughout, the book is accessible and engaging. I commend it most warmly." --Jeremy Begbie, Duke Divinity School "If there is a single comprehensive introduction to the dialogue between Christian theology and film, this book is it. . .

Robert K. Johnston, 2006

Reel Food: Essays on Food and Film

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Anne Bower, 2004

Reel Racism: Confronting Hollywood's Construction of ...

Reel Racism: Confronting Hollywood's Construction of Afro-American Culture goes beyond reflection theories of the media to examine cinema's active participation in the operations of racism --a complex process rooted in the dynamics of ...

Vincent F. Rocchio, 2000

Reel history: in defense of Hollywood

The author probes the often controversial relationship between Hollywood and history, revealing the distortions and truths perpetuated by filmmakers who attempt to capture history on film. Simultaneous. (Performing Arts)

Robert Brent Toplin, 2002

Reel Baseball: Essays and Interviews on the National ...

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Stephen C. Wood, J. David Pincus, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reel is used in the context of the following news items.

Here's the blooper reel from Orphan Black

Levity abounds in a new blooper reel video, unveiled during the cult darling's panel presentation at San Diego's Comic-Con International on Friday evening. «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»

Highland Reel well placed to give O'Brien fourth French success

Highland Reel has secured the luck of the draw ahead of his attempt to provide Aidan O'Brien with a fourth victory in the French 2, 000 Guineas and an ... «Irish Times, May 15»

Game of Thrones Blooper Reel Brings Laughter to Grim World of …

Ahead of the premiere of their fifth season, which starts April 12, Game of Thrones has released a blooper reel replete with moments that would need a bleep if ... «TIME, Feb 15»

'Birdman,' 'Unbroken' Lead MPSE Golden Reel Awards

The 62nd Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards recognized features including “Birdman,” “Big Hero 6,” “Unbroken” and “Get on Up” at Sunday ... «Variety, Feb 15»

CIA reveals what's real vs. reel in 'Argo'

Movies based on real events often take creative liberties, veering from the truth for dramatic effect. That's most definitely true of Ben Affleck's Argo, as the Central ... «Entertainment Weekly, Nov 14»

Watch The Hilarious Star Trek Into Darkness Blooper Reel

One of the extras is the Star Trek Into The Darkness blooper reel, which is now available to watch online. Watch the hilarious six-minute Star Trek Into The ... «/FILM, Sep 14»

Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD blooper reel

Which is just what the people behind Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. have by releasing this season one blooper reel. See all the regulars and one or two guest ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 14»

Ricky Reel: Police 'spied on dead student's family'

Student Ricky Reel was 20 when he vanished during a night out in London, shortly after he and his friends had been racially abused by two white men. His body ... «BBC News, Jul 14»

Exclusive Video: Playing House Stars Tear It Up in Blooper Reel

In this exclusive blooper reel from the "Bird Bones" episode of the new USA comedy (Tuesdays, 10/9c), stars and creators Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham ... «TV Guide, May 14»

'Scandal' Season 3 blooper reel: Lots of gags, dance moves and …

During the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” “Behind the Scandalabra” special Thursday (April 17), creator Shonda Rhimes brought along a pretty awesome blooper reel. «Zap2it.com, Apr 14»