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spiel
(spēl, shpēl) Informaln.
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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spiel
(ʃpiːl)n
a glib plausible style of talk, associated esp with salesmen
vb
1. (intr) to deliver a prepared spiel
2. (usually foll by: off) to recite (a prepared oration)
[C19: from German Spiel play]
ˈspieler n
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spiel
(spil, ʃpil)n. Informal.
1. a usu. high-flown talk or speech, esp. for the purpose of selling or persuading; pitch.
v.i. 2. to speak extravagantly.
[1890–95; < German Spiel or Yiddish shpil literally, play, game]
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spiel
Past participle: spieled
Gerund: spieling
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Noun | 1. | spiel - plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) communication channel, channel, line - (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
Verb | 1. | spiel - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" riff - play riffs misplay - play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note fiddle - play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" play - play on an instrument; "The band played all night long" replay - play (a melody) again prelude - play as a prelude jazz - play something in the style of jazz rag - play in ragtime; "rag that old tune" bugle - play on a bugle slur - play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata" bang out - play loudly; "They banged out `The star-spangled banner'" modulate - change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody" tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments |
2. | spiel - speak at great length (about something) |
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spiel
noun patter, speech, pitch, recital, harangue, sales talk, sales patter She had been hearing this kind of spiel for thirty years now.
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spiel
[spiːl] N (= speech) → arenga f, discurso m; [of salesman etc] → rollo m, material m publicitarioit's just his usual spiel → es el mismo cuento de siempre
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