spieler
/ˈʃpiːlə
/ /ˈspiːlə /informal
noun
1A glib or voluble speaker.Stoppard's a superb teacher, but he's mainly a showman, a seducer, an intellectual spieler who doesn't dare lose his engaged audience for a moment....
- On June 1, 1937, the 26-year-old radio spieler strode into a $200-a-week contract at Warner Bros.
2Australian /NZ A gambler or swindler.
3A gambling club.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from German Spieler 'player' (see spiel).
Rhymes
- come to nothing
- come to (or meet) a sticky end
- come to pass
- come to rest
- come to someone's assistance
- come to someone's knowledge
- come to terms with
- come to that (or if it comes to that)
- come to think of it
- come true
- come under
- come unglued
- come up
- come up against
- come up against (or hit) a brick wall
- come up dry
- come upon
- come up (or be given) with the rations
- come up (or go down) in the world
- come up (or out) smelling of roses
- comeuppance
- come up roses
- come up smiling
- come up with
- come up with (or deliver) the goods