spiel
pronunciation
How to pronounce spiel in British English:
UK [ʃpi:l]
How to pronounce spiel in American English:
US [ʃpil]
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- Noun:
- plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
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- Verb:
- replay (as a melody)
- speak at great length (about something)
Word Origin
- spiel (n.)
- "glib speech, pitch," 1896, probably from verb (1894) meaning "to speak in a glib manner," earlier "to play circus music" (1870, in a German-American context), from German spielen "to play," from Old High German spilon (cognate with Old English spilian "to play"). The noun also perhaps from German Spiel "play, game."
Example
- 1. He provided a long spiel about how hard china is working to promote its economic development and overcome massive poverty .
- 2. The team has learned the power of lowering expectations and given yume a new spiel .
- 3. I know you can think of a time when you were networking and a very smiley , ambitious attendee came up and shook your hand , eagerly offering their business card and a 20 minute spiel of what they do .