noun.
In cribbage, the spoiling of one's score in the crib.
noun.
Nothing; vain words.
noun.
[To call a word “Arabic” or “Hebrew” was and still is a way of dignifying slang or jargon.]
noun.
A trick; a fraud.
noun.
A cheat; a swindler.
Fallacious; unreliable.
In cribbage, to balk or spoil any one's score in his crib.
To frustrate or disappoint.
To deceive or defraud; leave in the lurch; cheat: often with of: as, to bilk one of his due; to bilk a creditor; “don't you bilk me,”
To evade or escape from; dodge; elude.