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English

Pronunciation

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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪlk|-ɪlk

Verb

To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to.
:to bilk a creditor

Translations

French: laisser tomber (quelqu'un)

et:bilk fa:bilk fr:bilk io:bilk te:bilk vi:bilk zh:bilk

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bilk \Bilk\, n.
1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his
score; a balk.
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2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. --Hudibras.
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3. Nonsense; vain words. --B. Jonson.
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4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky
person. --Marryat.
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WordNet bilk
v 1: cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
2: 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]
3: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"
4: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the
police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The
event evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade]

Moby Dictionary
avoid , baffle , balk , beat , beguile of , bunco , burn , cast down ,
cheat , chisel , chouse , chouse out of , circumvent , cog ,
cog the dice , con , cozen , crib , cross , dash , defeat ,
defeat expectation , defraud , diddle , disappoint , disillusion ,
dissatisfy , do , do in , do out of , dodge , double , duck , elude ,
eschew , euchre , evade , finagle , flam , fleece , flimflam , fob , foil ,
frustrate , fudge , gouge , gull , gyp , have , hocus , hocus-pocus ,
let down , mulct , overreach , pack the deal , pigeon ,
practice fraud upon , rook , ruin , scam , screw , sell gold bricks ,
shake , shave , shortchange , shun , shy , stack the cards , stick ,
sting , swindle , take a dive , tantalize , tease , thimblerig ,
throw a fight , thwart , victimize