Shill

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle.
  • verb-intransitive. To act as a shill.
  • v. To act as a shill for (a deceitful enterprise).
  • v. To lure (a person) into a swindle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial.
  • n. An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.
  • v. To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly.
  • v. To put under cover; to sheal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To shell.
  • v. To put under cover; to sheal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A variant of sheal.
  • To sound; shrill.
  • Shrill.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. act as a shill
  • n. a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others
  • Verb Form
    shilled    shilling    shills   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deceive    cozen    delude    lead on    decoy    steerer   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shell    sheal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastille    Belleville    Bill    Brazil    Brill    Gil    Gill    Hill    Jill    Lil   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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