spool out

verb

To appear in succession, as if from a film spool.

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Meanings

verbspool out (third-person singular simple present spools out, present participle spooling out, simple past and past participle spooled out)

present singular third person spools out · participle present spooling out · participle past spooled out · past spooled out

  1. transitiveTo appear in succession, as if from a film spool.
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    The old songs spool out, reaffirming once again everything that is great about the Streets. "Brace yourself, 'cause this goes deep," runs a line from Turn the Page, pointing up [Mike] Skinner's ability to grapple with existential dread as well as the cinematic, blow-by-blow accounts of everyday lairiness.

    2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019
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APA

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MLA

“spool out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spool%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spool out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spool%20out.

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