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shilled

shilled is the simple past and past participle of shill.

Meaning of shill

Verb (1)

shill (third-person singular simple present shills, present participle shilling, simple past and past participle shilled)

  1. (derogatory, intransitive, transitive) To 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.

Verb (2)

shill (third-person singular simple present shills, present participle shilling, simple past and past participle shilled)

  1. To put under cover; to sheal.

Verb (3)

shill (third-person singular simple present shills, present participle shilling, simple past and past participle shilled)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To shell.

See all 8 meanings of shill

Questions about shilled

What is shilled the simple past and past participle of?
Shilled is the simple past and past participle of shill.

Words near shilled in the dictionary

  1. shillalahs
  2. shillalas
  3. shillalies
  4. shillaly
  5. Shillary
  6. shilled
  7. shillelagh
  8. shillelaghs
  9. shillelah
  10. shillelahs
  11. shillelies

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