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reel

verb as in wobble; spin around

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Boyhood is like watching a twelve season television series reduced to a three-hour highlight reel.

No one was harmed during the filming, but judging by the blooper reel at the end, there were a lot of respawns.

On March 26, Bieber debuted one of the greatest hits on his scandal reel.

It is, on the other hand, a sizzle reel of quotable dialogue.

Reel retraces his life and work with the spirit of curiosity and adventure that drove du Chaillu in the first place.

I've always hed a reel mean feelin' about 'em; I didn't want ter come nigh 'em, nor ter hev 'em come nigh me.

The carnage was awful, and the charging columns halted, staggered, and then began to reel back.

A drunken man would reel from one side to the other until he fell down a cellar trap-door, into the gutter, or into the sea.

Lawrence saw one of his men reel and then fall forward, clutching his horse's neck.

The finished product is delivered to a belt-driven coiling reel on which it is wound.

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On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to reel, such as: falter, lurch, shake, stagger, stumble, and teeter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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