Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
SPIEL
I. verb
Etymology: German spielen to play, from Old High German spilōn; akin to Old English spilian to revel
Date: 1870
intransitive verb to play music, to talk volubly or extravagantly, transitive verb to utter, express, or describe volubly or extravagantly, spieler noun
II. noun
Date: 1896
a voluble line of often extravagant talk ; pitch