You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
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, pliés, slipe, spile
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee Trivia
