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spiel [ speel, shpeel ] SHOW IPA
/ spil, Êpil / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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)
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Origin of spiel 1890â95; (noun) <German Spiel or Yiddish shpil play, game; (v.) <German spielen or Yiddish shpiln to play, gamble
Words nearby spiel spiderweb ,
spiderwood ,
spiderwort ,
spidery ,
spiegeleisen ,
spiel ,
Spielberg ,
Spielberg, Steven ,
spieler ,
Spielmeyer-Vogt disease ,
spier
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How to use spiel in a sentence Iâm not going to give you the whole spiel about how humans told stories around fire camps and painted the walls of caves.
Youngkin made the first comment in direct response to a spiel from McAuliffe touting his record, essentially echoing it as a moderator in an effort to keep the conversation going.
In tests, cordless vacuums give between 15 and 45 minutes of action, and that doesnât always correlate with what it says on the box or in the marketing spiel .
He calls his motivational spiel about conserving native plants âTales from the Crypt,â and he chats colorfully about plants and the people who love them.
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 himâin 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 âwhich means war-game, and that term has been adopted all over the world.
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British Dictionary definitions for spiel
noun
a glib plausible style of talk, associated esp with salesmen
verb
(intr) to deliver a prepared spiel
(tr usually foll by off ) to recite (a prepared oration)
Derived forms of spiel spieler , noun Word Origin for spiel C19: from German Spiel play
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