SHILL

shill

(noun) a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others

shill

(verb) act as a shill; “This man shilled and bid for an expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

shill (plural shills)

A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial.

An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.

(gambling) A house player in a casino.

Synonyms

• shillaber

Verb

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

(pejorative) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly.

To put under cover; to sheal.

(UK, obsolete, dialect) To shell.

Anagrams

• Hills, hills

Source: Wiktionary

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Shill, v. t.

Definition: To shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Shill, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Sheal.]

Definition: To put under cover; to sheal. [Prov.ng.] Brockett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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