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Reel Off

Definitions: Reel Off

Reel Off

Verb

1. Unwind from or as if from a reel; "unreel the tape".

2. Recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Reel Off

DomainDefinitions

Industry

All that is necessary. . . is to unwind the long continuous filaments from the cocoons. . . . . the filaments. . . are reeled steadily off the cocoons which are left floating in hot water. . Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Reel Off

Synonyms: rattle down (v), rattle off (v), roll off (v), spiel off (v), unreel (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Reel Off

English words defined with "reel off": reel. (references)
Specialty definitions using "reel off": BOARD-LINER OPERATORFISHING-REEL ASSEMBLER, FOXING-CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, AUTOMATICreel assembler, reel tender, REELING-MACHINE OPERATORskein reeler, skein winder. (references)

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Modern Translations: Reel Off

Language Translations for "reel off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

nxjerr nga goja (rattle off, spit out). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

размотавам (disembarrass, disentangle, uncoil, unlay, unreel, untwist, unweave, unwind, wind off), казвам на един дъх, избърборвам (roll off). (various references)

   

Czech

  

odvinout (uncoil, unreel, unroll, unwind), odříkávat (con). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afdraaien (abase, abate, decrease, grind out, lower, rattle off, turn away). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

deklami monotone (rattle off). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lasketella (ski downhill), ladella (enumerate, place in a row rattle off). (various references)

   

French

  

dévider. (various references)

   

German

  

haspeln (reel up, splutter, unwind, wind up), aufrollen (coil, coil up, furl, go into, reeling, reeling up, roll, roll up, scroll, to curl up, to furl, turn up, uncoil, unfurl, unroll, unwind, wind, wind up), abspulen (partly unreel, take off, take up, to take up, uncoil, unreel, unwind), ableiern (churn out). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

legombolyít (to reel off, to uncoil, to unfold, to unreel, to unwind, uncoil, unfold, unreel, unwind, unwound). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

þylja upp (rattle off). (various references)

   

Italian

  

snocciolare (rattle off, stone, stony). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

繰り取る (to reel off). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

くりとる (to reel off). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eelray offay

   

Portuguese

  

desenrolar-se (uncoil, uncurl, unreel, unroll, untwist, unwind), desenrolar (deploy, run off, uncoil, unreel, unroll, untwine, unwind, wind off), desbobinar-se (unreel, unwind), desbobinar (unreel, unwind). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

смотать (wind). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

brzo izgovoriti (rattle, rattle off, reel). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

recitar de una tirada, enumerar rápidamente (rattle off), ensartar (link, spit, string, string together, thread, trot out). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rulla av (uncoil). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

makaradan çözmek (unreel), ezberden sayıp dökmek, ezberden okumak (recite, rehearse, repeat), çıkrıktan geçirmek. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

швидко розповідати. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Reel Off

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-f-f-l-o-r"

-2 letters: fleer, offer, refel.

-3 letters: feel, fere, flee, floe, fore, free, froe, leer, lore, orle, reef, reel, role, rolf.

-4 letters: eel, eff, elf, ere, fee, fer, foe, for, fro, lee, off, ole, ore, ree, ref, roe.

-5 letters: ef, el, er, lo, oe, of, or, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-f-f-l-o-r"
 

+1 letter: forefeel, forefelt.

 

+2 letters: forefeels.

 

+3 letters: effloresce, effortless.

 

+4 letters: effloresced, effloresces, forefeeling, forfeitable.

 

+5 letters: efflorescent, efflorescing, effortlessly, flameproofed, flameproofer, forcefulness, officeholder.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Reel Off


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 65 6C      4F 66 66

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100101 01101100 00100000 01001111 01100110 01100110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#101 &#108 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#102

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0065 006C      004F 0066 0066

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

527171782497272

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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