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shill

[ shil ]

noun

  1. a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
  2. a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty.


verb (used without object)

  1. to work as a shill:

    He shills for a large casino.

verb (used with object)

  1. to advertise or promote (a product) as or in the manner of a huckster; hustle:

    He was hired to shill a new TV show.

shill

/ ʃɪl /

noun

  1. slang.
    a confidence trickster's assistant, esp a person who poses as an ordinary customer, gambler, etc, in order to entice others to participate


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shill1

First recorded in 1920–25; origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of shill1

C20: perhaps shortened from shillaber a circus barker, of unknown origin

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Example Sentences

He became as polarizing a figure as the war itself, court jester to Nixon and corporate shill to boot.

Professional bloggers essentially get paid to shill the clothes they like and travel the world—to be influencers.

He is also quite happy to shill for garcinia cambogia, which he calls the “newest, fastest fat-buster.”

Yet his sincerity leads him to channel Kremlin propaganda as effectively as any paid shill.

Haaretz, no Netanyahu shill, recently publicized a poll reflecting the Israeli consensus belief in a two-state solution.

As Tom Scales led the horse away to the stables it turned its head towards its master with a short, shill neigh.

He's a cowardly scoundrel, but he shill hev far play, or my name ain't Jake Larkin!'

He's a-driftin' out'n de riber, ole Mist; shill I run and tell his folks when I puts der biscuits in de oben?

“Ye shill hab it, honey,” said the woman, giving him some from a bucket she had set on the ground.

And six makes twenty-eight pounds, four shill——What do you want in here?

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