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a lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector music composed for dancing a reel wind onto or off a reel an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines walk as if unable to control one''s movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound revolve quickly and repeatedly around one''s own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" |
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