to spiel

Examples

• All

• I mean, you can spiel when you get on a subject like this, you'd really do.

• At the conference, the speaker spieled on the company's latest innovations for nearly an hour.

• Would it be all right if I stood up and relaxed to spiel my piece?

  Boom Town (1940)

• And a lot of the stuff that I spiel, as you guys probably know is very US centric by nature.

• We all talk the psychedelic talk, spiel the psychedelic evangelism, but there are people who are lost and destroyed.

  Fiction book (2000)

• "Disposable diapers," Julia sighed that evening when I spieled through this inventory: "Where were they when we needed them?"

  Fiction book (2000)

• Jason, spouting off about your cuckold fetishes and proclivities for dark meat, is not going to make the bullshit you spiel any more true.

  Blog text (13)

• He could spiel in this elevated way for hours, forging text in his clipped, precise, crunchy English like a professor delivering a formal lecture.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The salesman skillfully spieled about the benefits of the new car to entice customers.

• During the promotional event, the host spieled enthusiastically about the upcoming product launch.

Synonyms

S

to spout

vsto spiel

• Informal

63 5.2

To speak loudly and excitedly for a long time without much thought

is more calculated and showy, aiming to persuade or promote

S

to speechify

vsto spiel

1 9.4

To give a long formal speech that sounds boring and self-important

is more showy and persuasive, aimed at selling or attracting attention

Antonyms

B

to belt up

• Offensive

9.2

To tell someone to stop talking and be quiet

Phrasal Verbs

S

to spiel off

• Informal

8.7

To say facts quickly and smoothly from memory

How Persuasive

to sell

978 2.0

pitch

147 4.2

to talk up

13 4.1

to spiel

• Informal

1 7.9

to talk

∞ 1.0

say

189 3.8

mention

220 2.5

Surface Forms

Etymology