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Definitions for Shill

[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.
[3] to work as a shill: He shills for a large casino.
[4] to advertise or promote (a product) as or in the manner of a huckster; hustle: He was hired to shill a new TV show.
[5] slang a confidence trickster's assistant, esp a person who poses as an ordinary customer, gambler, etc, in order to entice others to participate

Words related to Shill

enticement, bettor, bookmaker, bookie, business, staff, truncheon, nightstick, lure, temptation, come-on, attraction, drag, trap, bribe, snare, allurement, inducement, colleague, plant

Words nearby Shill

shikibuton, shikoku, shiksa, shilh, shilha, shill, shillelagh, shilling, shilling mark, shillong, shilluk

Origin of Shill

First recorded in 1920–25; origin uncertain

Word origin for Shill

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

Synonyms for Shill

enticement, allurement, attraction, bribe, come-on, drag, inducement, lure, snare, temptation, trap, seducement