BILK
Dictionary entry overview: What does bilk mean?
• BILK (verb)
The verb BILK has 4 senses:
1. cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
3. evade payment to
4. escape, either physically or mentally
Familiarity information: BILK used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BILK (verb)
Meaning:
Cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "bilk" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Sentence example:
They bilk him of all his money
Meaning:
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
thwart; scotch; queer; frustrate; foil; bilk; baffle; cross; spoil
Context examples:
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge / foil your opponent
Hypernyms (to "bilk" is one way to...):
forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bilk"):
disappoint; let down (fail to meet the hopes or expectations of)
dash (destroy or break)
short-circuit (hamper the progress of; impede)
ruin (destroy or cause to fail)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Evade payment to
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
He bilked his creditors
Hypernyms (to "bilk" is one way to...):
deprive (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Escape, either physically or mentally
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
elude; evade; bilk
Context examples:
The thief eluded the police / This difficult idea seems to evade her / The event evades explanation
Hypernyms (to "bilk" is one way to...):
break loose; escape; get away (run away from confinement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
