| slovo | definícia |
bilk
(encz) | bilk,ošidit v: Zdeněk Brož |
bilk
(encz) | bilk,podvést v: Zdeněk Brož |
Bilk
(gcide) | 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. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] |
Bilk
(gcide) | 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 untrustworthy, tricky
person. --Marryat.
[1913 Webster] |
bilk
(wn) | bilk
v 1: cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart,
queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate,
baffle, bilk]
3: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"
4: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the
police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event
evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
násobilka
(msas) | násobilka
- multiplication |
nasobilka
(msasasci) | nasobilka
- multiplication |
násobilka
(czen) | násobilka,multiplication tablen: Václav Radoměřský |
obilka
(czen) | obilka,caryopsisn: [bot.] typ plodu Jirka Daněk |
Bilk
(gcide) | 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. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]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 untrustworthy, tricky
person. --Marryat.
[1913 Webster] |
Bilked
(gcide) | 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. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] |
Bilking
(gcide) | 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. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] |
|