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Bilged vs Bilked - What's the difference?

bilged | bilked |

As verbs the difference between bilged and bilked

is that bilged is (bilge) while bilked is (bilk).

bilged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bilge)

    • bilge

    English

    Noun

  • (nautical) The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
  • (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull.
  • (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge, the bilge water.
  • (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
  • The bulging part of a barrel or cask.

    • Verb

    (bilg)
  • (nautical) To spring a leak in the bilge.
  • To bulge or swell.
  • (nautical) To break open the bilge(s) of.

    • Related terms

    * bilgewater / bilge water * bilge pump

    bilked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bilk)

    • bilk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
  • (obsolete) A deception, a hoax.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
  • To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 615:
  • *:They also perpetrate nonviolent crimes like bilking elderly couples out of their life savings and running a business with ruthless disregard for the welfare of the workforce or stakeholders.