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| spiel [ speel, shpeel ] |
noun (plural spiels) |
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speech designed to convince: an irritatingly long or predictably glib speech, e.g. a rambling apology or prepared sales patter
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intransitive verb (past and past participle spieled, present participle spiel·ing, 3rd person present singular spiels) |
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give spiel: to deliver a spiel
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| [Late 19th century. < German, "play, game"] |
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