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bilk.

The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɪlk/
  1. The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

  2. A deception, a hoax.

    obsolete
  3. A cheat or swindler.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

verb/bɪlk/
  1. To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.

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

    transitive
  3. 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.

    UK · intransitive
  4. To evade, elude.

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.

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