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shill
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Audio Help [shil] Pronunciation Key Slang. –noun
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc. |
| 2. | a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty. |
| 3. | to work as a shill: He shills for a large casino. |
| 4. | to advertise or promote (a product) as or in the manner of a huckster; hustle: He was hired to shill a new TV show. |
[Origin: 1920–25; orig. uncert.
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n. One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle. v. shilled, shill·ing, shills v. intr. To act as a shill. v. tr.
[Perhaps short for shillaber.] |
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shill
1916, "one who acts as a decoy for a gambler, auctioneer, etc." (probably originally circus or carnival argot), probably a shortened form of shillaber (1913) with the same meaning, origin unknown. The verb is attested from 1914.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| shill | |
noun | |
| 1. | a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others |
verb | |
| 1. | act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Shill
Shill\, v. t. To shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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