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Spiel Common

Spiel has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

"The salesman spent twenty minutes on his slick spiel about how much money we would save, but I knew it was just empty promises."

2

A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

"After hours of intense competition, the final shot decided who would win the high-stakes curling spiel at the regional championships."

3

A game of curling.

Verb
1

replay (as a melody)

"Play it again, Sam"

"She played the third movement very beautifully"

2

speak at great length (about something)

"After three hours of his political spiel, I finally asked him to stop talking about himself and start answering my questions."

3

To talk at length.

"After thirty minutes of his sales spiel, I finally convinced him to let me speak."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
channel re-create talk
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
riff misplay fiddle replay prelude jazz rag bugle reprise slur bang out modulate tongue
Rhyming Words
biel niel piel riel miel kiel fiel diel tiel ciel oriel friel shiel thiel uriel ariel amiel mariel raziel daniel
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