spiel
Persuasive fast talk
A spiel is a lengthy, rehearsed speech designed to persuade—typically a sales pitch or promotional patter: He launched into his spiel about the product's benefits.
The word carries a faintly dismissive tone, suggesting the speech is smooth but possibly insincere.
To spiel is to deliver such a pitch: She spieled for twenty minutes without pausing.
Revenue from goods moved
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
advertisement · promotion · salesman · product · deal · negotiation · offer · endorsement
Oral communication ability
- orationFormal public speech
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- addressSpeak to formally
lecture · soliloquy · voiceover · patter · ramble · rant · diatribe · harangue
Carrying out a task
- actDeed or performance
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- schtickTrademark comedic routine
- stageRaised performance platform
drama · showmanship · hammy · melodramatic · rehearsed · scripted · exaggerated · over-the-top
Art of persuasive language
- convincingAble to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- cajolePersuade through flattery
- wheedlePersuade through flattery
coax · charm · influence · silver-tongued · smooth-talking · fast-talking · glib · slick
One who talks incessantly
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- volubleInclined to talk freely
- chattyInclined to converse freely
babble · prattle · jabber · rambling · windbag · motormouth · long-winded · blather
sales
Revenue from goods moved
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
marketing · advertisement · promotion · salesman · product · deal · negotiation · offer · endorsement · campaign
speech
Oral communication ability
- orationFormal public speech
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- recitationOral delivery from memory
address · lecture · soliloquy · voiceover · patter · ramble · rant · diatribe · harangue · tirade
performance
Carrying out a task
stage · drama · showmanship · hammy · melodramatic · rehearsed · scripted · exaggerated · over-the-top · dramatic
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
- convincingAble to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- cajolePersuade through flattery
wheedle · coax · charm · influence · silver-tongued · smooth-talking · fast-talking · glib · slick · manipulative
chatterbox
One who talks incessantly
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
- volubleInclined to talk freely
chatty · babble · prattle · jabber · rambling · windbag · motormouth · long-winded · blather · gab
- German Wordsdie, in, an, auf, von
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, oration, orations, addresses
- sales tacticsupselling, cross-selling, hard sell, soft sell, high pressure
- Yiddishchutzpah, kvetch, mensch, schlep, tchotchke
- call centerscold call, inbound call, outbound, call volume, queue
- Curlingstone, rock, broom, skip, house
spielone-liner
Brief standalone joke
quip · soundbite · summary · sound bite · précis
spieldialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
conversation · discussion · exchange · back-and-forth · give-and-take