spiel

Meaning

Noun

1. A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
2. An early form of rap music.

Verb

1. To talk at length.
2. To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.

Synonyms

patter

play

talk

🗣️

talk profusely

speech

gab

line of gab

hold forth

chat

confabulate

consideration

fiddle

gamble

hit

lecture

natter

oration

palaver

perorate

phone

☎️

pitch

play back

prate

rag

ratio

reason

ring

💍

sound

🔉

speak

🗣️

strike

swindle

telephone

☎️

word

confab

strike up

address

to play music

blow

burble

busk

call

call in

call up

cause

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃpiːl/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spiel (“game, performance”) and/or Yiddish שפּיל (shpil), both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.
Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play”). See speel.