Spiel

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spiel
       n : plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
           [syn: {patter}, {line of gab}]
       v 1: replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the
            third movement very beautifully" [syn: {play}]
       2: speak at great length (about something)



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiel":
     advertise, ballyhoo, bark, bat the breeze, beat the gums, bill,
     boost, build up, bulletin, chin, circularize, cry up, debate,
     declaim, demagogue, demagoguery, dramatics, elocute, establish,
     give a write-up, give publicity, harangue, hold forth, jaw, mouth,
     orate, out-herod Herod, patter, perorate, pitch, placard, plug,
     post, post bills, post up, press-agent, promote, publicize, puff,
     pyrotechnics, rabble-rouse, rant, read, recite, rodomontade,
     sales pitch, sales talk, sell, sensationalism, shoot the breeze,
     song and dance, spout, tub-thump, write up, yak, yakkety-yak,
     yap