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(noun) a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps |
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Synonyms: Scottish reel |
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Related Words: eightsome, highland fling, square dance, square dancing |
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| 2. |
(verb) wind onto or off a reel |
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Related Words: reel off, roll, unreeel, wind, wrap |
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(noun) a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod |
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Related Words: winder |
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(noun) a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector |
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Related Words: film, photographic film |
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| 5. |
(noun) music composed for dancing a reel |
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Related Words: music |
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(noun) an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines |
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Synonyms: Virginia reel |
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Related Words: longways, longways dance |
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| 7. |
(verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements |
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Synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, stagger, swag |
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Related Words: walk |
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(verb) move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion |
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Synonyms: waggle, wamble |
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Related Words: move |
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(noun) around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound |
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Synonyms: bobbin, spool |
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Related Words: filature, shuttle, winder |
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(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" |
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Synonyms: gyrate, spin, spin around, whirl |
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Related Words: go around, revolve, rotate, whirligig |
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