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REEL OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recite volubly or extravagantly
Example:
He could recite the names of all the chemical elements
Synonyms:
rattle down; rattle off; reel off; roll off; spiel off
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "reel off" is one way to...):
recite (repeat aloud from memory)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unwind from or as if from a reel
Example:
unreel the tape
Synonyms:
reel off; unreel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "reel off" is one way to...):
reel (wind onto or off a reel)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
