Sekirov Dictionary

spiel

/ʃpiːl/

noun 2
verb 2
/spiːl/ noun 1
forms 3

noun2

•
A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
- I'd love to be there with a real pretty spiel / But three little words can explain how I feel — 1910
•
An early form of rap music.
- Watt gets his turn on the mic too, delivering an amusingly disjointed rap (following Minutemen tradition, he calls it a spiel) on "Me & You, Remembering." — 1991

verb2

•
To talk at length.
- For a second our eyes met and he gave me a contemptuous smile, then he spieled again. — 1952
To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.

spiel

/spiːl/

noun1

•
A curling tournament.
- On the Dock and Greensands the classical discus, or quoit, has in season due its modicum of disciples, (b) When the Nith is frozen over its surface becomes the scene of many a curling spiel — 1972

forms

spieled · spieling · spiels

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