How to pronounce“shill”in English
IPA/ʃɪl/
Syllablesshill
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noun
A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
“carnival barkers and their shills, fleecing the rubes”
Synonyms:shiller
noun
Any person enthusiastically endorsing a product; especially, one who is getting paid for the endorsement.
“On the screen, there was that quack again, playing the shill for yet another drug company.”
verb
To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.
“That contractor seems to be shilling for a certain brand of building materials.”