shill
(noun) a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
shill
(verb) act as a shill; “This man shilled and bid for an expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shill (plural shills)
A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial.
An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.
(gambling) A house player in a casino.
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shill (third-person singular simple present shills, present participle shilling, simple past and past participle shilled)
(pejorative) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly.
To put under cover; to sheal.
(UK, obsolete, dialect) To shell.
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Source: Wiktionary
Shill, v. t.
Definition: To shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shill, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Sheal.]
Definition: To put under cover; to sheal. [Prov.ng.] Brockett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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