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Definition of Reel off

1. Verb. Unwind from or as if from a reel. "Unreel the tape"

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

Definition of Reel off

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To list effortlessly and quickly. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To produce (e.g. a performance), in an effortless manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reel Off

reekers reekie reekier reekiest reekin reeking reeks reeky reel reel-to-reel

reel-to-reel tape reel-to-reel tape recorder reel-to-reels reel foot reel in reel off (current term) reel out reel to reel tape reel up reelable

reelect reelected reelecting reelection reelections reelects reeled reeler reelers reelevate

Literary usage of Reel off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"to browze; 2. to turn cattle into (a meadow. Sic.). [reel off. ... 1. to unwind, to wind or reel off (a bottom of thread, &c. ..."

2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"to browze; 2. to turn cattle into (a meadow. Inc.). [reel off. on, (10. ... Ia 1. to unwind, to wind or reel off (a bottom of thread, &c. ..."

3. A Dictionary of the German and English Languages ...by George J. Adler by George J. Adler (1897)
"1. to unwind, la wind olT. reel off, to untwist; to bring down by means of a windlass. 51 b Ш i It f en, TJ. a. 1. to call off or warn by a nod ; 2. to deny ..."

4. Haw-ho-noo: Or, Records of a Tourist by Charles Lanman (1850)
"reel off! reel off! you have struck him ! There! give him play, but feel his weight and let him contend for every inch of line that you give him, ..."

5. Haw-ho-noo: Or, Records of a Tourist by Charles Lanman (1850)
"reel off! reel off! you have struck him ! There! give him play, but feel his weight and let him contend for every inch of line that you give him, ..."

6. Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces by Charles Lanman (1856)
"reel off! reel off! you have struck him ! There ! give him play, but feel his weight and let him contend for every inch of line that you give him, ..."

7. The Russians of the South by Shirley Brooks (1854)
"reel off! reel off! you have struck him! There! give him play, but feel his weight and let him contend for every inch of line that you give him, ..."

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