spiel

spiel
    n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
         [syn: {spiel}, {patter}, {line of gab}]
    v 1: replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the
         third movement very beautifully" [syn: {play}, {spiel}]
    2: speak at great length (about something)
    

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiel":
      advertise, ballyhoo, bark, bat the breeze, beat the gums, bill,
      boost, build up, bulletin, chin, circularize, cry up, debate,
      declaim, demagogue, demagoguery, dramatics, elocute, establish,
      give a write-up, give publicity, harangue, hold forth, jaw, mouth,
      orate, out-herod Herod, patter, perorate, pitch, placard, plug,
      post, post bills, post up, press-agent, promote, publicize, puff,
      pyrotechnics, rabble-rouse, rant, read, recite, rodomontade,
      sales pitch, sales talk, sell, sensationalism, shoot the breeze,
      song and dance, spout, tub-thump, write up, yak, yakkety-yak,
      yap