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 Definitions of bilk  [ɪlk]  

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Definition of 'bilk' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) bilk
to defraud; cheat.

2.  bilk
to evade payment of or to:
to bilk a creditor.

3.  bilk
to frustrate:
a career bilked by poor health.

4.  bilk
to escape from; elude.

5. (n.) bilk
a cheat; swindler.

6.  bilk
a trick; fraud; deceit.

Etymology:  (1625–35; of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'bilk' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) bilk
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

2. (verb) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

3. (verb) bilk
evade payment to
"He bilked his creditors"

4. (verb) elude, evade, bilk
escape, either physically or mentally
"The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"


Definition of 'bilk' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) bilk
a thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk

2. (noun) bilk
a cheat; a trick; a hoax

3. (noun) bilk
nonsense; vain words

4. (noun) bilk
a person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person

5. (verb) bilk
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



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