Definitions for BILK
bɪlkbilk

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bilkverb

   cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

2. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilkverb

   hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

   "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

3. bilkverb

   evade payment to

   "He bilked his creditors"

4. elude, evade, bilkverb

   escape, either physically or mentally

   "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bilkverb

   To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud by not fulfilling an obligation; to leave in the lurch.

   Johnny plans to bilk his creditor.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To BILKverb

   To cheat; to defraud, by running in debt, and avoiding payment.

   Etymology: derived by Mr. Edward Lye from the Gothick, bilaican.

   Bilk’d stationers for yeomen stood prepar’d. Dryden.

   What comedy, what farce can more delight,
   Than grinning hunger, and the pleasing sight
   Of your bilk’d hopes? John Dryden, Juvenal, sat. v.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bilk

   Bilk is a quarter (Stadtteil) of Düsseldorf. Together with Oberbilk, Unterbilk, Hamm, Flehe and Volmerswerth it constitutes Borough 3, which is the most populous borough of Düsseldorf. Bilk has an area of 6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi), and 41,150 inhabitants (2020). Heinrich-Heine-University is in Bilk.

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1. bilk

   To bilk means to cheat or defraud someone, often out of money, or to evade or escape from something or someone. It can also refer to thwarting or frustrating someone's plans or expectations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bilkverb

   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

2. Bilknoun

   a thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk

3. Bilknoun

   a cheat; a trick; a hoax

4. Bilknoun

   nonsense; vain words

5. Bilknoun

   a person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bilk

   bilk, v.t. to elude; to cheat. [Perh. a dim. of Balk; at first a term in cribbage.]

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1. BILK

   What does BILK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BILK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Cheat
   • Deprive
   • Escape
   • Prevent

How to pronounce BILK?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say BILK in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BILK in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BILK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of BILK in a Sentence

1. Ron DeSantis:

   The amendment says, if you read it, that you have to complete your sentence. And I think most people understand you can be sentenced to jail, probation, restitution if you harm someone. You can be sentenced with a fine. People that bilk people out of money, sometimes that's an appropriate sentence. That's what the constitutional provision said.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BILK
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bilk
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BILK
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilk
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BILK
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=BILK