spiel

spiel

 (spēl, shpēl) Informal

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.

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[German, play, or Yiddish shpil, both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German.]

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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

Imperative

spiel

spiel

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spiel - plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) line of gab, patter 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" play 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 reprise, reprize, recapitulate, repeat - repeat an earlier theme of a composition 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) talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

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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

verb

Informal. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:

babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on.

Informal: go on.

Slang: gab, gas, jaw, yak.

Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze.

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Translations

discorsotiritera

spiel

[spiːl] N (= speech) → arenga f, discurso m; [of salesman etc] → rollo m, material m publicitario
it's just his usual spiel → es el mismo cuento de siempre

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spiel

[ˈʃpiːl] n → laïus m inv

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spiel

n (inf) → Sermon m (inf), → Blabla nt (inf); (= tall story, excuse) → Geschichte f (inf)

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spiel

[ʃpiːl] n (fam) → tiritera

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