reeling off
Rattling them out
Reeling off is reciting or producing something rapidly and fluently, especially a list or sequence: She reeled off the names of every state capital.
The image comes from unwinding line from a fishing reel—smooth, continuous, requiring no pause or effort.
The phrase often suggests impressive recall or practiced ease: He reeled off statistics without consulting his notes.
- enumeratingListing things systematically
- listingRecorded item in catalog
- spoolingTemporary data staging
- recountingNarrating events from memory
- unwindingReleasing coiled tension
spouting · reciting · by heart · cataloging · running through · itemizing · flow · rolling out · chattering · machine gun · verbalizing · rattling · babbling · narrating · quoting · delivering · string · one after another
- fast talkingmotormouthing, patter
reeling offstammering
Involuntary speech repetition
stuttering · halting · fumbling · faltering · hesitating
reeling offforgetting
Failing to retain memories
omitting · leaving out · drawing a blank · missing · skipping