Bilk word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "bilk" word

[verb] escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
[verb] evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"
[verb] hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
[verb] cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

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\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.
\Bilk\, n. 1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk. 2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. --Hudibras. 3. Nonsense; vain words. --B. Jonson. 4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. --Marryat.

Synonyms for bilk

baffle, cross, elude, evade, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart

Related terms: avoid, beguile of, chouse, chouse out of, cog the dice, defeat, defraud, disillusion, do, do out of, evade, fleece, flimflam, have, overreach, practice fraud upon, shun, shy, sting, thimblerig, throw a fight, victimize

The fun area, different aproach to word »bilk«

Let's analyse "bilk" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: KLIB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -... .. .-.. -.-

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: bilk: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: bilk: 2 + 9 + 3 + 2 = 16, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
K (1)	11	Justice	Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive

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