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spiel
[ speel, shpeel ]
noun
- a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
verb (used without object)
- to speak extravagantly.
spiel
/ ʃ辱ː /
noun
- a glib plausible style of talk, associated esp with salesmen
verb
- intr to deliver a prepared spiel
- trusually foll byoff to recite (a prepared oration)
Derived Forms
- ˈ辱, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of spiel1
Word History and Origins
Origin of spiel1
Example Sentences
He has long integrated assertions about a third term into his political spiel.
The playoff music, meant to signal winners to wrap up their spiels, began playing more than halfway into Brody’s speech.
"The spiel that I'm reading from people saying how off it we are. We won two games on the bounce and you're upset about it, I don't get it."
The discursive 17-minute-long spiel he shared on "SNL" touched heavily on politics and briefly mentioned Palestine in a story praising late President Jimmy Carter.
Why otherwise intelligent people, including political leaders and finance professionals, swallowed his spiel whole is the enduring mystery about Bankman-Fried and crypto.
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