Clues for the word "REEL"

We've had 460 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1483 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on April 05, 2026.

Definition of reel

n. - A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
n. - A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.
n. - 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.
n. - 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.
v. t. - To roll.
v. t. - To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
v. i. - To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
v. i. - To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
n. - The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.