It's the Word of the Day podcast for March 3rd.

Today's word is spiel, spelled S-P-I-E-L. Spiel is a noun. A spiel is a fast speech that someone has often said before, and that is usually

intended to persuade people to buy something or to agree to something. Here's the word used,

in a sentence from the Hollywood reporter. We were in a hotel, and when he and his publicist

exited one door of the suite, I slipped out the other to meet him at the

elevator. I gave him my spiel about the film and handed him a rough cut on VHS. He said,

all right, we'll take a look. Here's our spiel on the word spiel. It's well known as a noun,

and you may also be aware that spiel can be used as a verb, meaning to talk extravagantly.

But did you know that the verb can also mean to play music?

That, in fact, is the word's original meaning, and one it shares with its German root spielen.

Spiel is also found in the word Glockenspiel, the name of a musical instrument

similar to the xylophone. With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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