spiel
noun/ʃpiːl/, /spiːl/
/ʃpiːl/, /spiːl/
(informal, usually disapproving)- a speech that somebody has used many times that is intended to persuade you to believe something or buy something
- The salesman went into a long spiel about the merits of the new design.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German Spiel ‘a game’.Definitions on the go
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