Spiel

Quick meaning: Spiel is a noun meaning A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

Meaning

A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

More Meanings

1. (music) An early form of rap music.
2. (intransitive) To talk at length.
3. (intransitive) To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.
4. A game of curling.

Example Sentences

For a second our eyes met and he gave me a contemptuous smile, then he spieled again.

I'd love to be there with a real pretty spiel / But three little words can explain how I feel

[…] Oedipa spotted among searchlights and staring crowds a KCUF mobile unit, with her husband Mucho inside it, spieling into a microphone.

The spiel ran on; the sale was brief and brisk; / The bargains fell to bidders, one by one. / Hope flushed my cheekbones with a scarlet disk.

Word Forms

• spiels
• spieling
• spieled

Synonyms for spiel

Depending on context, synonyms include render, play, patter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include render, play, patter, orate, talkathon, oration.

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