shill meaning

UK US /ʃɪl/ 1 syllable

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

shill has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

shill as a noun

  1. a decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others

    Type of: decoy

shill as a verb

  1. act as a shill
    • This man shilled and bid for an expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up

    Type of: deceive

How to pronounce shill

shill is pronounced /ʃɪl/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with shill

Scrabble score: 8 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SH · words ending in LL · 5-letter words

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