spinning reel

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a fishing reel mounted on a spinning rod, having a stationary spool on the side of which is a revolving metal arm that catches the line and winds it onto the spool as a handle is turned, the metal arm being disengaged during casting so the line spirals freely off the spool, carried by the cast lure.

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Origin of spinning reel

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby spinning reel

spinning, spinning box, spinning frame, spinning jenny, spinning mule, spinning reel, spinning rod, spinning top, spinning wheel, spino-, spinobulbar

How to use spinning reel in a sentence

That distant whirring sound you hear is a long-dead Greek physician spinning in his grave.
Why So Many Surgeons Are Psychos|Russell Saunders|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He's dazzling, fielding questions, spinning out anecdotes and limericks, sounding 35 and hungry for publicity.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The powerful forces of gravity and magnetism channel matter into huge flattened spinning platters known as accretion disks.
The Black Hole Tango|Matthew R. Francis|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I always visualized history,” he recalled, “but her spinning native cotton with that wheel transported me into it.
We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts|Sam Roberts|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

To that regard, Mulaney opens with its star spinning a longer joke-yarn based on something that had really happened to him.
Is John Mulaney the Next Seinfeld?|Kevin Fallon|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
I've always hed a reel mean feelin' about 'em; I didn't want ter come nigh 'em, nor ter hev 'em come nigh me.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Remember how often you used to scold me for tangling the yarn, when you were spinning on the great wheel.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Lawrence returned the fire, and the ball struck Jerry's revolver and sent it spinning.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
The carnage was awful, and the charging columns halted, staggered, and then began to reel back.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn

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