REELING OFF Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

reeling off

verb

present participle of reel off

as in reciting

to give from memory he's able to reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents, in historical order and without pausing

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Relevance

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reading

as in listing

to specify one after another her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years

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generalizing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reeling off

Verb

Or should fans of the film be empowered to lean into the joy and fun, reciting the words to their favorite songs?

Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024
The Taliban has forbidden women from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women, issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and closed classrooms to girls from the sixth grade on.

Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024

Definition of reciting

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