spiel

POS

Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun spiel has 1 sense

spiel(n = noun.communication) line of gab, patter - plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); Array

is a kind of channel, communication channel, line

Derived form verb spiel₂

Verb spiel has 2 senses

spiel(v = verb.creation) play - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

is one way to re-create

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

spiel(v = verb.communication) Array - speak at great length (about something); Array

is one way to

speak

talk

Derived form noun spiel₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

spiel, n. & v. sl.
--n. a glib speech or story, esp. a salesman's patter.
--v.
1 intr. speak glibly; hold forth.
2 tr. reel off (patter etc.).

Etymology

G, = play, game

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THESAURUS

spiel

advertise, ballyhoo, bark, bat the breeze, beat the gums, bill, boost, build up, bulletin, chin, circularize, cry up, debate, declaim, demagogue, demagoguery, dramatics, elocute, establish, give a write-up, give publicity, harangue, hold forth, jaw, mouth, orate, out-herod Herod, patter, perorate, pitch, placard, plug, post, post bills, post up, press-agent, promote, publicize, puff, pyrotechnics, rabble-rouse, rant, read, recite, rodomontade, sales pitch, sales talk, sell, sensationalism, shoot the breeze, song and dance, spout, tub-thump, write up, yak, yakkety-yak, yap