Definitions for shills

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Spelling: [shil]

IPA: /ʃɪl/

Shills is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in shills (hillss).

Definitions for shills

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 with object)

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

verb (used without object)

1. to work as a shill:

Origin of shills

First recorded in 1920-25; origin uncertain

Examples for shills

At this the hermit in front of the preacher, uttering a shill cry, spread his arms abroad, and quivered from head to foot.

I shill have the whole town on my side, you may be certain of that!

In this particular case, the shill was his brother, Leonard Poe.

Contrary to the claims of the Daily Kos crowd, Third Way is not a shill for corporations.

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

The shill led the way to an eight-foot tower mounted on gimbals.

I got mixed up with the Philip on the shilling, and I kept yelling, shill!

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

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

That is, he needed no more assistance that most magicians do—a shill in the audience.