We found 3 definitions of spiels from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: spiels |
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spiel - plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) | ||
patter, line of gab | ||
communication channel, channel, line a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" | ||
Verb |
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spiel - speak at great length (about something) | ||
speak, talk use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" | ||
spiel - replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" | ||
play | ||
re-create form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world" | ||
riff play riffs | ||
misplay play wrong or in an unskillful manner | ||
fiddle play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" | ||
play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
replay play again; "We replayed the game"; "replay a point" | ||
prelude play as a prelude | ||
jazz play something in the style of jazz | ||
rag break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore" | ||
bugle play on a bugle | ||
reprise, reprize, recapitulate, repeat repeat an earlier theme of a composition | ||
slur utter indistinctly | ||
bang out play loudly; "They banged out `The star-spangled banner'" | ||
modulate vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves) | ||
tongue lick or explore with the tongue |