Associations to the word «Shill»

Wiktionary

SHILL, noun. A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial.
SHILL, noun. An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.
SHILL, verb. (pejorative) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly.
SHILL, verb. To put under cover; to sheal.
SHILL, verb. (UK) (obsolete) (dialect) To shell.

Dictionary definition

SHILL, noun. A decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others.
SHILL, verb. Act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King