REEL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrēol; akin to Old Norse hræll weaver's reed, Greek krekein to weave Date: before 12th century a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound: as, a small windlass at the butt of a fishing rod for the line, a spool or bobbin for sewing thread, a flanged spool for photographic film, a quantity of something wound on a ~, II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to wind on or as if on a ~, to draw by ~ing a line , intransitive verb to turn a ~, ~able adjective III. verb Etymology: Middle English relen, probably from ~, noun Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to turn or move round and round, to be in a whirl, to behave in a violent disorderly manner, to waver or fall back (as from a blow), to walk or move unsteadily, transitive verb to cause to ~, IV. noun Date: 1572 a ~ing motion, V. noun Etymology: probably from 4~ Date: circa 1585 a lively Scottish-Highland dance, Virginia ~