[spee-ler] 
| 1. | a barker, as at a circus sideshow. |
| 2. | a person with an extravagant line of talk. |
| 3. | Australian. a swindler. |
| 4. | Slang. an announcer for radio or television, esp. one who gives commercials. |
| spiel (spēl, shpēl) n. A lengthy or extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade. intr. & tr.v. spieled, spiel·ing, spiels To talk or say (something) at length or extravagantly. [German, play, or Yiddish shpil, both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German.] spiel'er n. |
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