Shill

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shill \Shill\, v. t.
     To shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Shill \Shill\, v. t. [Cf. {Sheal}.]
     To put under cover; to sheal. [Prov.ng.] --Brockett.
     [1913 Webster] Shillalah

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shill
       n : a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to
           stimulate the participation of others
       v : act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet
           during the auction in order to drive the price up"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "shill":
     agent provocateur, bid, bid in, bid up, blind, bonnet, booster,
     by-bidder, capper, come-on man, decoy, make a bid, make an offer,
     offer, offer to buy, plant, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie