reel-to-reel

noun

Etymology

Originally descriptive, used in reel-to-reel recorder and like phrases, then shortened.

Definitions

  1. A machine that records sound onto, or plays sound from, tape wound on one reel, by…

    A machine that records sound onto, or plays sound from, tape wound on one reel, by feeding it through to another reel.

    • Costume changes performed with poise / Dancing in formation with a couple of boys / I take them on the road with my reel-to-reels / I'm an artist, honey, you know how that feels?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reel-to-reel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA