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spieling

spieling is the present participle and gerund of spiel.

Meaning of spiel

Verb

spiel (third-person singular simple present spiels, present participle spieling, simple past and past participle spieled)

  1. (intransitive) To talk at length.
    • For a second our eyes met and he gave me a contemptuous smile, then he spieled again.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 433
  2. (intransitive) To give a sales pitch; to promote by speaking.

See all 5 meanings of spiel

Questions about spieling

What is spieling the present participle and gerund of?
Spieling is the present participle and gerund of spiel.

Words near spieling in the dictionary

  1. spieled
  2. spieler
  3. spielers
  4. spielfreak
  5. spielfreaks
  6. spieling
  7. Spielman
  8. Spielmans
  9. Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjögren-Batten disease
  10. spiels
  11. spier

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