spiel as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
spiel
noun
1 spiel
Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
synonyms: line of gab, patter.
Dutch: donderpreek, breedsprakerig verhaal
verb
1 spiel
Replay (as a melody).
synonym: play.
Dutch: opzetten
2 spiel
Speak at great length (about something).
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spieler
noun
Roget 548:
deceiver
etc.
(deceive)
etc.
545;
dissembler,
hypocrite;
sophist,
Pharisee,
Jesuit,
Mawworm†,
Pecksniff,
Joseph Surface,
Tartufe†,
Janus;
serpent,
snake in the grass,
cockatrice,
Judas,
wolf in sheep's clothing;
jilt;
shuffler†,
stool pigeon.
liar
etc.
(lie)
etc.
544;
story-teller,
perjurer,
false witness,
menteur a triple etage [Fr.],
Scapin†;
bunko steerer [U.S.],
carpetbagger [U.S.],
capper [U.S.],
faker,
fraud,
four flusher [Slang],
horse coper†,
ringer [Slang],
spieler†,
straw bidder [U.S.].
imposter,
pretender,
soi-disant [Fr.],
humbug;
adventurer;
Cagliostro,
Fernam Mendez Pinto;
ass in lion's skin
etc.
(bungler)
701;
actor
etc.
(stage player)
599.
quack,
charlatan,
mountebank,
saltimbanco†,
saltimbanque†,
empiric,
quacksalver,
medicaster†,
Rosicrucian,
gypsy;
man of straw.
conjuror,
juggler,
trickster,
prestidigitator,
jockey;
crimp,
decoy,
decoy duck;
rogue,
knave,
cheat;
swindler
etc.
(thief)
792;
jobber.
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Roget 792:
thief,
robber,
homo triumliterarum [Lat.],
pilferer,
rifler,
filcher†,
plagiarist.
spoiler,
depredator,
pillager,
marauder;
harpy,
shark [Slang],
land shark,
falcon,
mosstrooper†,
bushranger†,
Bedouin†,
brigand,
freebooter,
bandit,
thug,
dacoit†;
pirate,
corsair,
viking,
Paul Jones†,
buccaneer,
buccanier†;
piqueerer†,
pickeerer†;
rover,
ranger,
privateer,
filibuster;
rapparee†,
wrecker,
picaroon†;
smuggler,
poacher;
abductor,
badger [Slang],
bunko man,
cattle thief,
chor†,
contrabandist†,
crook,
hawk,
holdup man,
hold-up [U.S.],
jackleg [U.S.],
kidnaper,
rustler,
cattle rustler,
sandbagger,
sea king,
skin [Slang],
sneak thief,
spieler†,
strong-arm man [U.S.].
highwayman,
Dick Turpin,
Claude Duval,
Macheath,
footpad,
sturdy beggar.
cut purse,
pick purse;
pickpocket,
light-fingered gentry;
sharper;
card sharper,
skittle sharper;
thimblerigger;
rook [Slang],
Greek,
blackleg,
leg,
welsher [Slang];
defaulter;
Autolycus†,
Jeremy Diddler†,
Robert Macaire,
artful dodger,
trickster;
swell mob [Slang],
chevalier d'industrie [Fr.];
shoplifter.
swindler,
peculator;
forger,
coiner;
fence,
receiver of stolen goods,
duffer;
smasher.
burglar,
housebreaker;
cracksman†,
magsman [Slang];
Bill Sikes,
Jack Sheppard,
Jonathan Wild.
gang
[group of thieves],
gang of thieves,
theft ring;
organized crime,
mafia,
the Sicilian Mafia,
the mob,
la cosa nostra [It].
[famous thieves],
Dillinger,
Al Capone;
Robin Hood.
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