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SPIEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
Synonyms:
line of gab; patter; spiel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("spiel" is a kind of...):
channel; communication channel; line ((often plural) a means of communication or access)
Derivation:
spiel (speak at great length (about something))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Speak at great length (about something)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "spiel" is one way to...):
speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
spiel (plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Replay (as a melody)
Example:
She played the third movement very beautifully
Synonyms:
play; spiel
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "spiel" is one way to...):
re-create (create anew)
Verb group:
play (play on an instrument)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "spiel"):
riff (play riffs)
misplay (play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note)
fiddle (play on a violin)
replay (play (a melody) again)
prelude (play as a prelude)
jazz (play something in the style of jazz)
rag (play in ragtime)
bugle (play on a bugle)
recapitulate; repeat; reprise; reprize (repeat an earlier theme of a composition)
slur (play smoothly or legato)
bang out (play loudly)
modulate (change the key of, in music)
tongue (articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
