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spiel

UK/spiːl/ US/spiːl/ rare
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

verb

1.

replay (as a melody)

  • “Play it again, Sam”
  • “She played the third movement very beautifully”
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2.

Origin

Borrowed from German Spiel (“game, performance”) or Yiddish שפּיל (shpil), both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play”). See speel.

Phrases

  • Purim spiel

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