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Definition of spiel in English: spielnoun ʃpiːlspiːl informal An elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson. he delivers a breathless and effortless spiel in promotion of his new novel Example sentencesExamples - For the course of the game he pretty much serves no purpose greater than giving you a basic spiel on your next mission.
- After a bit she told me that the previous time we had met I had launched into an identical spiel.
- With the building full to standing room only as he delivers his spiel, there is a definite air of sanctity and reverence.
- Direct questions on financial issues are answered with opaque spiels on their version of moral principle.
- The brother met us and gave us the spiel about the dangers of the city.
- She was always glad to show potential clients how to apply cream and powders, and did free-of-charge makeovers for anyone with the patience to hear her spiel.
- A candidate in my electoral area, accompanied by his daughter, knocked on my door and gave me the spiel.
- As I stopped to check it out I was swooped upon by the salesman and was given the big spiel.
- My spiel is, if you're fair-skinned, watch for discolorations.
- I bought his spiel, and the pager served me well for many years.
- In my volunteering for political campaigns, federal and provincial, I've become fairly ruthless in my spiel.
- Patricia and Pierre offer to help him practice his spiel.
- That is provided no-one had the audacity to doubt the spiel by asking questions, to which the lad had no answers.
- But others who heard the spiel weren't as convinced.
- This spiel proved the final straw for the judge, who lashed out at the mother like an avenging angel.
- She wasn't finished yet as she continued her spiel without taking a breath.
- And then within minutes, I was actually doing my advocacy spiel on a street corner.
- The team got in to a straight line, recognizing the beginning of her spiel.
- He got the hard sell from the men, who gave a spiel about the warehouse accidentally giving them twice the number of speakers ordered.
- That didn't surprise me, because he definitely hadn't had time to breathe while delivering his spiel.
Synonyms speech, line, patter, pitch, sales pitch monologue, rigmarole, story, saga
verb ʃpiːlspiːl [with object]informal 1Reel off; recite. he solemnly spieled all he knew Example sentencesExamples - Standing in front of a projected screen that displayed the words ‘In front of them all,’ he spieled out his military lingo with a Mid-Western accent, cycling through pictures and maps of wartime Korea.
- He half listened as the local news reporters spieled off the latest information and traffic for the morning.
- Early in the project, when asked by journalists, I simply spieled off theories of excarnation and an inverted underworld.
Synonyms reel off, recite, list rapidly, fire off, run through, enumerate - 1.1no object Speak glibly or at length.
the barman spiels on the phone to his girlfriends Example sentencesExamples - The great irony is, of course, with all this information - so much of it flotsam and jetsam - here am I, spieling.
Synonyms give a speech, give a talk, talk, lecture, give a lecture, deliver an address, give a sermon, hold forth, discourse, expound, expatiate, orate, harangue, sermonize, pontificate
Origin Late 19th century: from German Spiel 'a game'. Rhymes allele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cochineal, cockatiel, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, eel, Emile, feel, freewheel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, schlemiel, seal, seel, she'll, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal Definition of spiel in US English: spielnoun informal A long or fast speech or story, typically one intended as a means of persuasion or as an excuse but regarded with skepticism or contempt by those who hear it. he delivers a breathless and effortless spiel in promotion of his new novel Example sentencesExamples - But others who heard the spiel weren't as convinced.
- And then within minutes, I was actually doing my advocacy spiel on a street corner.
- That didn't surprise me, because he definitely hadn't had time to breathe while delivering his spiel.
- For the course of the game he pretty much serves no purpose greater than giving you a basic spiel on your next mission.
- This spiel proved the final straw for the judge, who lashed out at the mother like an avenging angel.
- That is provided no-one had the audacity to doubt the spiel by asking questions, to which the lad had no answers.
- She was always glad to show potential clients how to apply cream and powders, and did free-of-charge makeovers for anyone with the patience to hear her spiel.
- Patricia and Pierre offer to help him practice his spiel.
- He got the hard sell from the men, who gave a spiel about the warehouse accidentally giving them twice the number of speakers ordered.
- Direct questions on financial issues are answered with opaque spiels on their version of moral principle.
- The brother met us and gave us the spiel about the dangers of the city.
- A candidate in my electoral area, accompanied by his daughter, knocked on my door and gave me the spiel.
- She wasn't finished yet as she continued her spiel without taking a breath.
- In my volunteering for political campaigns, federal and provincial, I've become fairly ruthless in my spiel.
- With the building full to standing room only as he delivers his spiel, there is a definite air of sanctity and reverence.
- My spiel is, if you're fair-skinned, watch for discolorations.
- As I stopped to check it out I was swooped upon by the salesman and was given the big spiel.
- The team got in to a straight line, recognizing the beginning of her spiel.
- I bought his spiel, and the pager served me well for many years.
- After a bit she told me that the previous time we had met I had launched into an identical spiel.
Synonyms speech, line, patter, pitch, sales pitch
verb [with object]informal 1Reel off; recite. he solemnly spieled all he knew Example sentencesExamples - He half listened as the local news reporters spieled off the latest information and traffic for the morning.
- Early in the project, when asked by journalists, I simply spieled off theories of excarnation and an inverted underworld.
- Standing in front of a projected screen that displayed the words ‘In front of them all,’ he spieled out his military lingo with a Mid-Western accent, cycling through pictures and maps of wartime Korea.
Synonyms reel off, recite, list rapidly, fire off, run through, enumerate - 1.1no object Speak glibly or at length.
Example sentencesExamples - The great irony is, of course, with all this information - so much of it flotsam and jetsam - here am I, spieling.
Synonyms give a speech, give a talk, talk, lecture, give a lecture, deliver an address, give a sermon, hold forth, discourse, expound, expatiate, orate, harangue, sermonize, pontificate
Origin Late 19th century: from German Spiel ‘a game’. |