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noun
The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: cribbage
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noun
A deception, a hoax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A cheat or swindler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, lead astray, overreach, put on, spoof, sham, trick
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verb
To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, intransitive
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verb
To evade, elude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
escape, either physically or mentally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: elude, evade
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Broader terms: escape, get away, break loose
verb
evade payment to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: deprive
verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Narrower terms: disappoint, let down, dash, short-circuit, ruin
verb
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cheat, rip off, chisel
History
Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
