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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bilk

/bɪlk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
bilk
IPA
/bɪlk/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

noun

A deception, a hoax.

Obsolete

noun

A cheat or swindler.

Obsolete

verb

To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.

Transitive verb

verb

To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).

Transitive verb

verb

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.

British usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To evade, elude.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bilks (plural) bilks (present, singular) bilking (participle, present) bilked (participle, past) bilked (past)

Derived Forms

bilker

Synonyms

abuse beglammer counterfeit deceive catch trap into dissemble dissimulate feign jiff lead astray overreach

Rhymes With

milk silk ilk wilk wilke milke schilke man-milk sheep milk goat milk soy milk skimmed milk

Questions

How do you pronounce bilk?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɪlk/.
What does bilk mean?
The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
Where does bilk come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

How to pronounce bilk

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