spruik
3 synonyms for spruik, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — (informal) To talk about something in order to promote it to other people.
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Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Etymology
Of unknown origin, likely Germanic. Compare Dutch spraak ("speech"), spreek ("speak"), spreuk ("saying") and sprook ("a story, fiction, tale, or false idea"). It was first recorded in the late 1890s and early 1900s, which points to a possible source in Afrikaans (i.e. brought back by soldiers returning from the Boer Wa...
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