SPEEL

Etymology 1

Verb

speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)

(dialect, Scottish and Northern English) To climb.

Etymology 2

Verb

speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)

To talk at length, to spiel.

Etymology 3

Verb

speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)

(dialect, Australia) To run.

Etymology 4

Noun

speel (plural speels)

(chiefly, South Africa) A story; a spiel.

Etymology 5

Noun

speel (plural speels)

(dialect) A splinter; a strip of wood or metal.

Etymology 6

Verb

speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled)

(dialectal, rural, Northern England, Scotland) To lake, play, sport, take amusement.

Etymology 7

Noun

speel (plural speels)

(dialectal, rural, Northern England, Scotland) A game.

Anagrams

• LEEPs, Leeps, Lepes, peels, sleep

Source: Wiktionary



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