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bilk

Pronunciation: /bɪlk/

The English word “bilk” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
  2. A deception, a hoax.
  3. A cheat or swindler.

verb

  1. To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
  2. To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
  3. To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.
  4. To evade, elude.

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

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