Spiel Definition
spēl, shpēl
spiels
noun
spiels
A talk, speech, or harangue, as in persuading or selling.
Webster's New World
A lengthy or extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
American Heritage
A fast excuse or sales pitch.
Wiktionary
verb
spiels
To talk or say (something) at length or extravagantly.
American Heritage
To give a spiel.
Webster's New World
To talk at length.
Wiktionary
idiom
spiel off
- to recite by or as if by rote
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Spiel
- spiel off
Origin of Spiel
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from the Scots word for game, competition, or (sporting) match from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spel; or from the German Spiel. Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play"). See speel.
From Wiktionary
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from שפּיל (shpil), a Yiddish word used in prison culture (cognate to German Spiel), an evolutionary stage between rap and hip hop and the earlier chain gang songs influenced by gospel and Afro-Caribbean music.
From Wiktionary
German play or Yiddish shpil both from Middle High German spil from Old High German
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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