bilk.
The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
Meaning & usage
The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
A deception, a hoax.
A cheat or swindler.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.
To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
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.
To evade, elude.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.