REELING

v. roll up, wind onto a spool; sway, falter, move unsteadily

Reeling (1976) was Pauline Kael's fifth collection of movie reviews, covering the years 1972 - 1975. The book is largely composed of movie reviews, ranging from her famous review of Last Tango in Paris to A Woman Under the Influence, but it also contains a longer essay entitled "On the Future of Movies" as well as a book review of The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Book, by fellow The New Yorker dance critic Arlene Croce.
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Noun
1. a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
(hypernym) film, photographic film
2. music composed for dancing a reel
(hypernym) dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
3. winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
(hypernym) winder
(member-holonym) fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig
(part-holonym) fishing rod, fishing pole
4. a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
(synonym) bobbin, spool
(hypernym) winder
(hyponym) filature
5. a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
(synonym) Scottish reel
(hypernym) square dance, square dancing
(hyponym) highland fling
6. an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
(synonym) Virginia reel
(hypernym) longways, longways dance
Verb
1. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
(synonym) stagger, keel, lurch, swag, careen
(hypernym) walk
(derivation) staggerer, totterer, reeler
2. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
(synonym) spin, spin around, whirl, gyrate
(hypernym) revolve, go around, rotate
(hyponym) whirligig
3. wind onto or off a reel
(hypernym) wind, wrap, roll, twine
(hyponym) reel off, unreel

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