- reel
- ri:l
1. noun
1) (a round wheel-shaped or cylindrical object of wood, metal etc on which thread, film, fishing-lines etc can be wound: a reel of sewing-cotton; He changed the reel in the projector.) spole, rull, snelle2) ((the music for) a type of lively Scottish, Irish or American dance: The fiddler played a reel; to dance a reel.) reel2. verb(to stagger; to sway; to move in an unsteady way: The drunk man reeled along the road; My brain was reeling with all the information that he gave me.) rave, sjangle; bli ør i hodet- reel in- reel offrull--------spoleIsubst. \/riːl\/1) rull, spole, (tråd)snelle2) (på fiskestang) snelle3) slingring, raving, tumling4) (EDB) båndspole5) (garn)vinde, hespe6) (skotsk dans) reeloff the reel (overført) i et kjør, uten stansreel of cotton trådsnellereel of film (også) (film)rullstraight off the reel (hverdagslig) i et sveipIIverb \/riːl\/1) haspe, vinde, spole, rulle, sveive2) virre, tumle, rave, sjangle• reel like a drunken man• he reeled under the blowslaget fikk ham til å vakle3) virvle, snurre, spinne• my brain reelsdet går rundt i hodet mitt• his mind reeled when he heard the newsdet gikk rundt for ham da han fikk høre nyheten4) vakle, slingre, gynge• reel under a burden• the ground reeled under himreel back at the sight of rygge tilbake ved synet avreel in sveive inn, snelle inn• reel in a linesveive inn en linereel off (overført) lire av seg• reel off a long list of namesreel up snelle opp, snelle inn, sveive opp, sveive inn• reel up a fishsnelle inn en fisk
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.