Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shill
Participle: shilled
Gerund: shilling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shill |
| you | shill |
| he;she;it | shills |
| we | shill |
| you | shill |
| they | shill |
Perfect
| I | have shilled |
| you | have shilled |
| he;she;it | has shilled |
| we | have shilled |
| you | have shilled |
| they | have shilled |
Past
| I | shilled |
| you | shilled |
| he;she;it | shilled |
| we | shilled |
| you | shilled |
| they | shilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had shilled |
| you | had shilled |
| he;she;it | had shilled |
| we | had shilled |
| you | had shilled |
| they | had shilled |
Future
| I | will shill |
| you | will shill |
| he;she;it | will shill |
| we | will shill |
| you | will shill |
| they | will shill |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shilled |
| you | will have shilled |
| he;she;it | will have shilled |
| we | will have shilled |
| you | will have shilled |
| they | will have shilled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shill |
| you | shill |
| he;she;it | shill |
| we | shill |
| you | shill |
| they | shill |
Perfect
| I | have shilled |
| you | have shilled |
| he;she;it | have shilled |
| we | have shilled |
| you | have shilled |
| they | have shilled |
Imperfect
| I | shilled |
| you | shilled |
| he;she;it | shilled |
| we | shilled |
| you | shilled |
| they | shilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had shilled |
| you | had shilled |
| he;she;it | had shilled |
| we | had shilled |
| you | had shilled |
| they | had shilled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shill |
| you | would shill |
| he;she;it | would shill |
| we | would shill |
| you | would shill |
| they | would shill |
Perfect
| I | would have shilled |
| you | would have shilled |
| he;she;it | would have shilled |
| we | would have shilled |
| you | would have shilled |
| they | would have shilled |
Imperative
| you | shill |
| we | Let's shill |
| you | shill |
Verbs conjugated like 'shill'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shill'
chill,
hill,
shall,
shell,
shirl,
shrill,
skill,
spill,
still,
swill,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Unknown; attested as verb 1914, as noun 1916. Perhaps an abbreviation of shillaber, attested 1913. The word entered English via carny, originally denoting a carnival worker who pretends to be a member of the audience in an attempt to elicit interest in an attraction.
2. Speculatively an extended form of German Schieber (“black marketeer, profiteer”) via *shi-la-ber.
3. There are some suggestions that it originates in the surname Shilaber or Shillibeer, especially George Shillibeer, but proposed origins are dubious as the word is first attested in North America in the 20th century, while proposed models are 19th century British.
4. American humorist Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814–1890) was known to write under the name Mrs. Ruth Partington to lend credibility to some of his ideas. This is one more possible origin of the word, although there is no specific evidence supporting a connection.
Sample Sentences
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That contractor seems to be shilling for a certain brand of building materials.
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That contractor seems to be shilling that specific epoxy.
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Today there are even commercials in which real scientists, some of considerable distinction, shill for corporations. They teach that scientists too will lie for money. As Tom Paine warned, inuring us to lies lays the groundwork for many other evils. [1996, Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World:]
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Over the last six months, as A-list celebrities have shilled for digital currencies and NFTs, Mr. McKenzie, a TV actor best known for his starring role in “The O.C.,” has become an outspoken skeptic. [2022 March 31, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]