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CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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shill

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Adjective, Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun shill has 1 sense

shill(n = noun.person) - a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others;

is a kind of

decoy

steerer

Derived form verb shill₁

Verb shill has 1 sense

shill(v = verb.social) - act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"

Derived form noun shill₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

shill, v. t.

To shell. [1913 Webster]

shill, v. t. [Cf. Sheal.].

To put under cover; to sheal. Brockett. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

shill, n. US a person employed to decoy or entice others into buying, gambling, etc.

Etymology

prob. f. earlier shillaber, of unkn. orig.

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THESAURUS

shill

agent provocateur, bid, bid in, bid up, blind, bonnet, booster, by-bidder, capper, come-on man, decoy, make a bid, make an offer, offer, offer to buy, plant, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie