spiel
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′er noun
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.
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