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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

shill

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Adjective, Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun shill has 1 sense

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

Derived form verb shill₁

Verb shill has 1 sense

shill(v = verb.social) Array - 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

CIDE DICTIONARY

shill, v. t.

To shell. [1913 Webster]

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

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

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.

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

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