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shills

shills is the plural of shill.

shills is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shill.

Meaning of shill

Noun

shill (plural shills)

  1. A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
    • carnival barkers and their shills, fleecing the rubes
    Synonyms:
    shiller
  2. (derogatory) Any 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.
  3. 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)
  4. A 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.2000, Dennis R. Harrison, Casino Gambling: Your Absolute, Quintessential, All You Wanted to Know ...
    Synonyms:
    stick

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Proper noun capitalized: Shills

Shills

  1. (plural) plural of Shill

Questions about shills

What is shills the plural of?
Shills is the plural of shill.
What part of speech is shills?
Shills is a proper noun.

Words near shills in the dictionary

  1. shillingworth
  2. shillingworths
  3. shillmon
  4. shillmons
  5. Shillong
  6. shills
  7. Shilluk
  8. Shilluks
  9. shilly and shally
  10. shilly-shallied
  11. shilly-shallier

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