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The Meaning of bilk
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(v. t.) 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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(n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
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(n.) A cheat; a trick; a hoax.
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(n.) Nonsense; vain words.
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(n.) A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person.
Synonyms
baffle
,
thwart
,
frustrate
,
spoil
,
foil
,
elude
,
evade
,
cross
,
queer
,
scotch
,
vitiate
,
mar
,
sweep
,
dumbfound
,
plunder
,
scupper
,
mystify
,
cut through
,
pamper
,
flub
,
span
,
dun
,
rape
,
crucify
,
baby
,
regulate
,
bedevil
,
itch
,
screw up
,
ball up
,
indulge
,
interbreed
,
stick
,
cut across
,
corrupt
,
get over
,
deflower
,
puzzle
,
gravel
,
violate
,
beat
,
mollycoddle
,
bungle
,
intersect
,
bollocks up
,
fumble
,
rag
,
blow
,
bollix
,
torment
,
amaze
,
bewilder
,
fuck up
,
coddle
,
cosset
,
peril
,
featherbed
,
crossbreed
,
get
,
louse up
,
perplex
,
botch up
,
bodge
,
traverse
,
bobble
,
muff
,
bollocks
,
pass over
,
pose
,
fluff
,
vex
,
mishandle
,
endanger
,
foul up
,
stupefy
,
flummox
,
track
,
hybridize
,
cover
,
despoil
,
muck up
,
bumble
,
mess up
,
impair
,
bollix up
,
botch
,
get across
,
expose
,
go bad
,
hybridise
,
cocker
,
nonplus
,
fudge
,
duck
,
hedge
,
dodge
,
skirt
,
circumvent
,
parry
,
put off
,
sidestep
,
escape
,
cheat
,
rip off
,
chisel
Rhymes
buttermilk
,
ilk
,
milk
,
milke
,
schilke
,
silk
,
wilk
,
wilke