<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a reel, cylinder, or spool upon which yarn or thread is wound, as used in spinning, machine sewing, lacemaking, etc.</li><li>a spoollike form around which a coil of insulated wire is wound to provide an inductance.</li><li>the coil itself.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to wind on a reel, as thread, yarn, etc.</li><li>to unwind (silk filaments) from a cocoon.</li><li>to pull or draw by winding a line on a reel: to reel a fish in.</li><li>(verb phrase) to say, write, or produce quickly and easily: The old sailor reeled off one story after another.</li></ul>