Bilk
- Bilk
BILK is the registered trademark of the Philadelphia based singer/songwriter who goes by the same name. BILK has performed in New Orleans Mariott, LOVE Park Philadelphia, Seattle Space Needle, Seattle Sheraton. BILK's album "From Monkey With Love" has received critical acclaim and includes the hit single, "Speed Monkey."
* For a part of Düsseldorf, see Düsseldorf-Bilk
* For a milk beer, see Bilk (beverage)
* For a famous clarinetist, see Acker Bilk.
* "To bilk" means "to cheat, to evade, to frustrate". See , [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bilk Free Dictionary entry for bilk] , or [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/bilk Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary definition for bilk] for more information.
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Bilk — 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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bilk — [bılk] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from balk] informal to cheat someone, especially by taking their money = ↑swindle bilk sb out of sth ▪ Consumers were bilked out of more than $15,000 … Dictionary of contemporary English
bilk — [bilk] vt. [? altered < BALK] 1. to balk or thwart 2. to cheat or swindle; defraud 3. to get away without paying (a debt, etc.) 4. to manage to get away from; elude [to bilk the police] n. 1. a bilking … English World dictionary
Bilk — Bilk, n. 1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk. [1913 Webster] 2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 3. Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 4. A person who tricks a creditor; an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bilk´er — bilk «bihlk», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to cheat; defraud: »The purported racket that bilked insurance companies of $100,000 (New York Times). 2. to avoid payment of (a debt). 3. to evade; escape from. 4. to balk or spoil an opponent s score in… … Useful english dictionary
Bilk — Bilk, Dorf mit Sternwarte bei Düsseldorf, s.d … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Bilk — Bilk, Stadtteil von Düsseldorf, mit einer durch Benzenberg 1844 begründeten Sternwarte, die infolge der Entdeckung vieler Asteroiden (seit 1852) durch den Astronomen Luther berühmt wurde … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Bilk — Bilk, Vorort von Düsseldorf, mit Sternwarte … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
bilk — I verb appropriate fraudulently, bait, bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, chisel, circumvent, cozen, cully, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, elude, embezzle, ensnare, entangle, evade, exploit, foist upon, fool, fraud, hoax, hoodwink … Law dictionary
bilk — (v.) 1650s, from or along with the noun (1630s), first used as a cribbage term; as a verb, to spoil (someone s) score. Origin obscure, it was believed in 17c. to be a word signifying nothing; perhaps it s a thinned form of BALK (Cf. balk) to… … Etymology dictionary
