reel off

Questions about reel off

What does reel off mean?

reel off means "unwind from or as if from a reel". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for reel off?

Close synonyms include unreel, rattle down, rattle off, spiel off, roll off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reel off a common word?

reel off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.