SPIEL

spiel, patter, line of gab

(noun) plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

spiel

(verb) speak at great length (about something)

play, spiel

(verb) replay (as a melody); “Play it again, Sam”; “She played the third movement very beautifully”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

spiel (countable and uncountable, plural spiels)

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

(music) An early form of rap music.

Verb

spiel (third-person singular simple present spiels, present participle spieling, simple past and past participle spieled)

(intransitive) To talk at length.

(intransitive) To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.

Etymology 2

Noun

spiel (plural spiels)

A game of curling.

Anagrams

• Elpis, Lipes, Peils, Piels, Piles, Siple, piles, plies, pliĂ©s, slipe, spile

Source: Wiktionary



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25 April 2024

TYPIFY

(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”


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