'Bilk' definitions:

Definition of 'bilk'

From: WordNet
verb
Cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
verb
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk]
verb
Evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"
verb
Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk]

Definition of 'Bilk'

From: GCIDE
  • Bilk \Bilk\, n.
  • 1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Nonsense; vain words. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. --Marryat. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bilk'

From: GCIDE
  • Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bilked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bilking.] [Origin unknown. Cf. Balk.] To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bilk'

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