verb
- Unwind from or as if from a reel.
- usage: "unreel the tape"
- synonyms: unreel
- Recite volubly or extravagantly.
- usage: "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements"
- synonyms: rattle down, rattle off, spiel off, roll off
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