elude, evade, bilk
(verb) escape, either physically or mentally; “The thief eluded the police”; “This difficult idea seems to evade her”; “The event evades explanation”
bilk
(verb) evade payment to; “He bilked his creditors”
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; “What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth’s amazing September surge”; “foil your opponent”
bilk
(verb) cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bilk (plural bilks)
(cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
(obsolete) A deception, a hoax.
bilk (third-person singular simple present bilks, present participle bilking, simple past and past participle bilked)
(transitive) To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
(transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
(archaic, transitive) To evade, elude.
• blik
Source: Wiktionary
Bilk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bilked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bilking.] Etym: [Origin unknown. Cf. Balk.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
