Spiel Off (Verb)
Meaning
Recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The politician launched into a long-winded spiel oftold claims about the benefits of his economic policies.
- She began to recite her order, ready to spiel off the long list of complicated dishes and their ingredients.
- The tour guide stood at the front of the tram, ready to spiel off facts about the city's historical buildings and monuments.
- My grandfather can still spiel off the stats and scores of every major baseball game he attended as a boy.
- After months of memorization, he could spiel off the names of every planet in the solar system in alphabetical order.