A device, such as a cylinder, spool, or frame, that turns on an axis and is used for winding and storing rope, tape, film, or other flexible materials, The quantity of wire, film, or other material wound on one reel, A device used in angling, attached to the rod, for winding the line, consisting of a cylinder revolving on an axis moved by a small crank or spring. The salmon-reel is about four inches, and the trout-reel about two inches in diameter; the length is about two inches. In angling the reel plays an important part, its use and action requiring to be in perfect accord or correspondence with the play of the rod and line. To meet these requirements, clicks and multipliers are employed. The click checks the line from running out too freely, and the multiplier gathers in the slack with increased speed, intransitive verb_ To be thrown off balance or fall back, To stagger, lurch, or sway, as from drunkenness, To feel dizzy

Act of examining something, often closely, Organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed, The act or process of inspecting or looking at carefully; a strict or prying examination; close or careful scrutiny; investigation

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally, a single coin, to gain or acquire money or property; to make a profit in dealings, transitive verb_ obsolete To supply with money

Plural form of check,

Having a pattern of checks or squares, Held in check; restrained, Held back from some action especially by force,

a restraint that checks the motion of something