/speel, shpeel/ , Informal.
n.
1. a usually high-flown talk or speech, esp. for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
v.i.
2. to speak extravagantly.
[ 1890-95; (n.) Spiel or Yiddish shpil play, game; (v.) spielen or Yiddish shpiln to play, gamble ]