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reeling off

reeling off is the present participle and gerund of reel off.

Meaning of reel off

Verb

reel off (third-person singular simple present reels off, present participle reeling off, simple past and past participle reeled off)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reel, off.
    Synonyms:
    rattle off, trot out
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To list effortlessly and quickly.
    • There are 12 months left before the next World Cup and every England fan can reel off Sven Goran Eriksson's starting XI within 15 seconds.2005, Independent, "That's settled: England's team for 2006", 10 June
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To produce (e.g. a performance), in an effortless manner.
    • [...] the average for the entire 123.7 miles from Lavino to Rogoredo was 109.2 m.p.h. and in all the 195.8 miles from Florence to Milan were reeled off in 115.2 min. start to stop at an average of 101.8 m.p.h.1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146

Questions about reeling off

What is reeling off the present participle and gerund of?
Reeling off is the present participle and gerund of reel off.

Words near reeling off in the dictionary

  1. reeligibility
  2. reeligible
  3. reelin
  4. reeling
  5. reeling in
  6. reeling off
  7. reeling out
  8. reeling up
  9. reelingly
  10. reelings
  11. reelless

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