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spiel
[ speel, shpeel ]
noun
- a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
verb (used without object)
- to speak extravagantly.
spiel
/ ʃpiːl /
noun
- a glib plausible style of talk, associated esp with salesmen
verb
- intr to deliver a prepared spiel
- trusually foll byoff to recite (a prepared oration)
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Derived Forms
- ˈspieler, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spiel1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spiel1
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Example Sentences
CEO Andrea Lee offers Lloyd Grove a sales spiel, concentration camps not included.
Rather than giving him her usual spiel and urging him to go public, she hides him—in the Rensselaer house with Ben.
When the crew finally reaches the tribe, they give them their spiel.
"Aw, boss, that was part of the spiel," he confessed frankly.
When Artie goes to a wedding, he records that "there was a long spiel by the high guy in the pulpit."
You can hand em the spiel you gave me, and see how much they believe of it.
He'll give you a spiel about his research and ask to measure your brain waves.
The Germans call it Krug-spiel—which means war-game, and that term has been adopted all over the world.
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