spruik

Meanings

Verb

To promote a thing or idea to another person, usually informally.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown, likely Germanic. Compare Dutch spraak (“speech”), spreek (“speak”), spreuk (“saying”), sprook (“a story, fiction, tale, or false idea”). First recorded in the late 1890s and early 1900s, suggesting a possible derivation from Afrikaans (i.e. brought back by soldiers returning from the Boer War). With the exception of a few early uses of sprook, the word's spelling has been fixed since it first entered the language. The uncommon ⟨ui⟩ digraph provides further evidence for an Afrikaans or Dutch origin.

Synonyms

hawk, pimp, pitch, tout

Scrabble Score: 12

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spruik is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
spruik is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

spruik is a valid Words With Friends word