spielnoun [ C ]
uk/ʃpiːl/us/ʃpiːl/informal disapprovinga speech, especially one that is long and spoken quickly and is intended to persuade the person listening about something:
a sales spiel
They gave us a long spiel about why we needed to install double glazing in our house.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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