Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - reel

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hreol; akin to Old Norse hr?ll weaver's reed, Greek krekein to weave  Date: before 12th century  1. a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound: as  a. a small windlass at the butt of a fishing rod for the line  b. chiefly British a spool or bobbin for sewing thread  c. a flanged spool for photographic film; especially one for motion pictures  2. a quantity of something wound on a ~  II. verb  Date: 14th century  transitive verb  1. to wind on or as if on a ~  2. to draw by ~ing a line ~ a fish in  intransitive verb to turn a ~  • ~able adjective  III. verb  Etymology: Middle English relen, probably from ~, noun  Date: 14th century  intransitive verb  1.  a. to turn or move round and round  b. to be in a whirl  2. to behave in a violent disorderly manner  3. to waver or fall back (as from a blow)  4. to walk or move unsteadily  transitive verb to cause to ~  IV. noun  Date: 1572 a ~ing motion  V. noun  Etymology: probably from 4~  Date: circa 1585  1. a lively Scottish-Highland dance; also the music for this dance  2. Virginia ~