| inglés > español | |
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| reel | |
| 1. tambalearse | |
| 2. carrete | |
| inglés > inglés | |
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| reel | |
| 1. s. A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel. |  |
| 2. s. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound. | |
| a log reel, used by seamen | |
| an angler's reel | |
| a garden reel | |
| nudge the fruit machine reel | |
| 3. s. (textiles) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches. | |
| 4. s. (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives. | |
| 5. s. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry. | |
| 6. v. To wind on a reel. | |
| 7. v. To spin or revolve repeatedly. | |
| 8. v. To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else. | |
| He reeled off some tape from the roll and sealed the package. | |
| 9. v. To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself. | |
| 10. v. (reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly. | |
| He reeled back from the punch. | |
| 11. v. To make or cause to reel. | |
| 12. v. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy. | |
| 13. v. To be in shock. | |
| 14. v. (obsolete) To roll. | |
| español > inglés | |
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| carrete | |
| 1. n-m. bobbin | |
| 2. n-m. fishing reel | |
| 3. n-m. (photography) film | |
| 4. n-m. (Chile, colloquial) party (social gathering) | |
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