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spiel Definition

spiel (spēl)

noun

Slang a talk, speech, or harangue, as in persuading or selling

Etymology: Ger, play, game

intransitive verb

Slang to give a spiel

Etymology: Ger spielen, to play

spiel Related Forms
spieler noun
spiel Idioms

spiel off

Slang to recite by or as if by rote

spiel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • market: This is meaningless rhetoric, marketing spiel for selling ribbons, t-shirts and rubber wristbands.
  • do: OK, that's the spiel done, here's the exciting bit.
  • have: The hospital consultant had a similar spiel, except, this time it was home births in Ethiopia.
  • well-rehearse: Roger Moore " , before launching into a well-rehearsed spiel for Unicef.
  • write: Cosmeston Relay Results, sorry that there aren't any names, but Clem wrote a spiel on the race.
  • ramble: Molko flashes a plastic smile, listens to the rambling spiel and then says he really must be going.

Adjective modifier

  • same: I phoned up and used the same spiel as I had done before.
  • little: The guy comes out and gives us a little spiel about how he went on an expedition.
  • corporate: Even originally billed Hard-Fi would be hard pushed to fit in to the corporate spiel.
  • above: Perhaps with the knowledge you might get from the above spiel - you can tell us and we can better assist you.

Noun used with modifier

  • marketing: Nope, just the marketing spiel from the Teesside tourist board.
  • sale: You have to let your requirements and not sales spiel drive your decision.
  • opening: Strangely I never quite understood the opening spiel until just recently.
  • usuall: Before all the usuall spiel, these are approvals for house purchase only.