Shill

Shillname

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  A surname.

shillnoun詞源 1/ʃɪl/

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  A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.

  • carnival barkers and their shills, fleecing the rubes
  • Witnesses have testified that Jim Jones (like a few other professional faith-healers) used shills part of the time […]
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  derogatoryAny person enthusiastically endorsing a product; especially, one who is getting paid for the endorsement.

  • On the screen, there was that quack again, playing the shill for yet another drug company.
  • kill yourself ai shill and stop fucking spamming the catalog
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  An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game, such as an accomplice of the seller who bids to drive up the price.

  • Near-synonyms: inside man, potted plant (contextually synonymous)
  • Sniping is necessary because if you bid before the last minute it just gives the shills more time to screw you over.
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  gamblinggamesA house player in a casino.

  • There may even be a casino shill sitting adjacent to you. Normally, the casino shills are gorgeous women, and sometimes men, so enjoy the scenery.

shillverb詞源 1/ʃɪl/

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  derogatoryTo promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.

  • That contractor seems to be shilling for a certain brand of building materials.
  • That contractor seems to be shilling that specific epoxy.

shillverb詞源 2/ʃɪl/

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  To put under cover; to sheal.

shillverb詞源 3/ʃɪl/

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  obsoletedialectalTo shell.