Plural of shill
regular plural
The plural of shill is shills.
Forms of shill
| Singular | shill /ʃɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shills |
| Countable | countable |
Shills in a sentence
- carnival barkers and their shills, fleecing the rubes
- Sniping is necessary because if you bid before the last minute it just gives the shills more time to screw you over.
- Now I hear that you've dispensed with Roger's services, presumably to throw your lot in with my brother and his gang of crapulous shills.2021, “Retired Janitors of Idaho” (21:47 from the start), in Succession, season 3, episode 5, spoken by Ewan Roy (James Cromwell). From the entry crapulous
- Opponents paint YIMBYs as being in the pocket of real estate interests: naively helping rich developers at best, or outright shills at worst, with funding from tech millionaires.2019 June 28, Patrick Sisson, “YIMBY in action: How pro-housing policies became a political rallying cry”, in Curbed, archived from the…. From the entry yimby
Meaning of shill
- noun A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
- noun Any person enthusiastically endorsing a product; especially, one who is getting paid for the endorsement.
- noun 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.
Questions about the plural of shill
- What is the plural of shill?
- The plural of shill is shills.
- Is shill countable?
- Shill is a countable noun.
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