Synonyms of the word

reel

• n. A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
• n. A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
• n. (textiles) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, —-- for cotton or linen…
• n. (agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine,…
• n. (film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
• v. To wind on a reel.
• v. To spin or revolve repeatedly.
• v. To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
• v. To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
• v. (reel back) To back off or step away unsteadily and quickly.
• v. To make or cause to reel.
• v. To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
• v. To be in shock.
• v. (obsolete) To roll.

bobbin

• n. A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
• n. In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
• n. The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
• n. (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

careen

• v. (nautical) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles…
• v. (nautical) To tilt on one side.
• v. To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
• v. To tilt or lean while in motion.
• v. To career, to move rapidly straight ahead.

film

• n. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
• n. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
• n. A movie.
• n. (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
• n. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
• v. To record a motion picture on photographic film.
• v. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

gyrate

• v. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
• adj. (biology) Having coils or convolutions.

keel

• n. (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
• n. (nautical) Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship…
• n. (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane,…
• n. (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
• n. A material similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement.
• n. (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral…
• n. (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens…
• n. A brewer's cooling vat.
• v. (intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall.
• v. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
• v. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
• v. Eye dialect spelling of kill.

longways

• adv. (manner) Lengthwise, in the longer direction.

lurch

• n. A sudden or unsteady movement.
• v. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
• v. (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
• n. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
• n. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.
• v. (obsolete) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
• v. (obsolete) To steal; to rob.

revolve

• v. (intransitive) To orbit a central point.
• v. To turn on an axis.
• v. (intransitive) To recur in cycles.
• v. (transitive) To ponder on, to reflect repeatedly upon, to consider all aspects of.

roll

• v. (ergative) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward…
• v. (intransitive) To turn over and over.
• v. To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
• v. (transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing…
• v. (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
• v. (intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
• v. (ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
• v. (ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with…
• v. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
• v. (intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
• v. (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
• v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
• v. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
• v. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
• v. (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one…
• v. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
• v. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
• v. (dice games, transitive, intransitive) To throw dice.
• v. (dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
• v. (role-playing games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine…
• v. (computing) To generate a random number.
• v. (nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare…
• v. (transitive) To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
• v. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
• v. (slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
• v. (intransitive, of a camera) To film.
• v. (transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
• v. To have a rolling aspect.
• v. (figuratively, intranstive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
• v. To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone.
• v. (intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
• n. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
• n. A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
• n. That which rolls; a roller.
• n. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
• n. (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on…
• n. (nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
• n. A heavy, reverberatory sound.
• n. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
• n. (obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
• n. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
• n. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
• n. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
• n. A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
• n. A training match for a fighting dog.

rotate

• v. (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
• v. (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
• v. (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
• v. (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
• v. (transitive) To advance something through a sequence.
• v. (transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older…
• v. (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
• adj. Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

spin

• v. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another…
• v. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
• v. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable…
• v. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
• v. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
• v. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar.
• v. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent…
• v. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against…
• v. To move swiftly.
• v. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
• v. To twist (hay) into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition.
• v. (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
• v. (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
• n. Circular motion.
• n. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic…
• n. A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
• n. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
• n. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning…
• n. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
• n. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
• n. A single play of a record by a radio station.
• n. (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.

spool

• n. A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
• n. (computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
• v. To wind on a spool or spools.
• v. (computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for…
• n. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

stagger

• n. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
• n. (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden…
• n. Bewilderment; perplexity.
• n. The spacing out of various actions over time.
• n. (motorsport) The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It…
• n. (aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one…
• v. Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
• v. Doubt, waver, be shocked.
• v. (transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different,…

swag

• v. (intransitive and transitive) To sway; to cause to sway.
• v. (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
• v. (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
• n. (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
• n. A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.
• n. (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
• n. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.
• n. (thieves' cant, uncountable) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
• n. (uncountable) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions.
• n. (countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and…
• n. (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
• n. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
• v. (Australia, transitive, intransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
• v. To transport stolen goods.
• n. Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.

twine

• n. A twist; a convolution.
• n. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various…
• n. The act of twining or winding round.
• n. Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
• v. (transitive) To weave together.
• v. (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
• v. (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
• v. (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
• v. (intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
• v. (intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
• v. (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
• v. (obsolete) To change the direction of.
• v. (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.

walk

• v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
• v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side…
• v. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
• v. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
• v. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
• v. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
• v. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
• v. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
• v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
• v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet,…
• v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
• v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
• v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available…
• n. A trip made by walking.
• n. A distance walked.
• n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before…
• n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
• n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
• n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling…
• n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known…
• n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
• n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
• n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
• n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding…
• n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.

whirl

• v. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
• v. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
• v. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
• v. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
• n. An act of whirling.
• n. Something that whirls.
• n. A confused tumult.
• n. A rapid series of events.
• n. Dizziness or giddiness.
• n. (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.

wind

• n. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or…
• n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
• n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.).
• n. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
• n. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
• n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
• n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points,…
• n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent…
• n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
• n. A bird, the dotterel.
• n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary…
• v. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
• v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
• v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
• v. (Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
• v. (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
• v. (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
• v. (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
• v. (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
• v. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
• v. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
• v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
• v. (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
• v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate;…
• v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
• v. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
• n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

winder

• n. A textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
• n. A spool around which something is wound.
• n. A key or knob for winding a clock, watch or clockwork mechanism.
• n. One of the steps of a spiral staircase (as opposed to a flyer, or straight step).
• n. (slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
• v. To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
• n. Eye dialect spelling of window.

wrap

• v. (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
• v. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
• v. (figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show,…
• v. (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line.
• v. (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
• n. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
• n. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
• n. (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
• n. A wraparound mortgage.