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Spieled vs Speeled - What's the difference?

spieled | speeled |

As verbs the difference between spieled and speeled

is that spieled is past tense of spiel while speeled is past tense of speel.

spieled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (spiel)

    • spiel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * shpeal, schpeal * shpiel, schpiel * schpeel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
  • *1910 , Irving Berlin,
  • *:I'd love to be there with a real pretty spiel
  • *:But three little words can explain how I feel
  • *20th century , Theodore Roethke, The Auction
  • *:The spiel ran on; the sale was brief and brisk;
  • *:The bargains fell to bidders, one by one.
  • *:Hope flushed my cheekbones with a scarlet disk.
  • *:Old neighbors nudged each other at the fun.
  • A fast excuse or sales pitch.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To talk at length.

    • Usage notes

    In the United States spiel is used to describe the protean rap music vocalizations in the 1960s, for example as used by The Last Poets. It is also used by Lenny Bruce to describe his beat era comedy routines. In Scotland it is used in Scots or Scottish English linguistic contexts, for example in the expression "wheesht yer spiel"'', meaning ''"shut up" . It is also used to refer to a curling match held between members of the same club or community, as opposed to a bonspiel which refers to a curling match between teams, clubs or communities.

    Derived terms

    *spieler

    Anagrams

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    speeled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (speel)

    • speel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialect, Scottish and Northern English) To climb.
  • * 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie'', ''The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c. , Glasgow, page 218,
    • This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter.
  • * 1841 , Humorous Traits of an Old Highland Gentleman'', ''Chambers? Edinburgh Journal , Volume 9, Numbers 317-318, page 94,
    • They were catched speeling up the lamp-posts and taking oot the cruizes and drinking the ulye, wick and a?.
  • * 1860 , Hugh MacDonald, Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the Firth of Clyde , Glasgow, page 255,
    • There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking.
  • To talk at length, to spiel.
  • * 1972 , Sven Berlin, Pride of the Peacock: The Evolution of an Artist , page 91,
    • Old Saxon, who was so sweet and gentle despite his long years on the halls, smiled at me and suggested I should do some speeling . Yedo gave me a megaphone. I held it to my mouth but there was silence.
  • * 1973 , Irene Baird, Waste Heritage , Macmillan of Canada, page 262,
    • “I must close now or I shall go on speeling all night.”
  • (dialect, Australia) To run.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect) A splinter; a strip of wood or metal.
  • (chiefly, South Africa) A story; a spiel.
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