2010, Andrew Koppelman,The Gay Rights Question in Contemporary American Law, page92:
Doubtless the present game of chess was developed through just such fiddling; perhaps someone once thought that the drunkenreel of the knight was hostile to the essence of Chess.
So strict is the kirk of Scotland, that one minister was unfrocked for writing a play (in former times); and another was sent about his business for being too fond of whiskey and of dancing thereel of Tullochgorum.
(music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
[…]sample the famed waters from the Scottish mountains like a native born, and last but not least, play areel on the bagpipes in the big hall that set all the laddies and lassies dancing.
2023 November 13, Patrick Clarke, “‘People’s idea of Irishness is so warped’: John Francis Flynn, the folk singer fighting for Dublin’s spirit”, inThe Guardian[1],→ISSN:
The traditionalreel Within a Mile of Dublin, for instance, distorts until it reaches something quasi-industrial.
(agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontalstats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
(film) A short compilation of samplefilm work used as a demonstrativeresume in the entertainment industry.
1907 January,Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, inThe Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen,→OCLC:
It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as theyreeled into the calle.
Sarahreels a little, nevertheless, under the dog's boisterous greeting.
2019 April 10,qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, inThere Is No Antimemetics Division,→ISBN, page138:
Wheelerreels with fright. He almost falls off the front of the stage. His stomach convulses and he wants to vomit, but a frantic fragment of his brain hasn't panicked yet and tells him,Wait. Nothing's changed. That's what humans have always looked like. Right? What's happening? What's wrong?
(with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
Terry's fist lashed out, but Simpson, anticipating the blow, stepped quickly to one side. Another followed, however, and caught the older man fairly on the chin, sent himreeling back.
The high school had a send-off in my honour. It was an uncommon thing for a young man of Rajkot to go to England. I had written out a few words of thanks. But I could scarcely stammer them out. I remember how my headreeled and how my whole frame shook as I stood up to read them.
2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger,New York Times, retrieved31 October 2012:
New Jersey wasreeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.
To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as ingrass warblers.
Frank stood at the sink, and began washing the plates. He realised if he was going toreel his great-aunt into his plan, he was going to have to do it very gently.
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
