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Definition of Balk
1. Verb. Refuse to comply. "They balk moving "
Generic synonyms: Disobey
Derivative terms: Balker, Baulker, Resistance, Resistant, Resister, Resister, Resistive
2. Noun. The area on a billiard table behind the balkline. ; "A player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
Group relationships: Billiard Table, Pool Table, Snooker Table
Generic synonyms: Area, Expanse, Surface Area
3. Noun. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
Generic synonyms: Difficulty
Specialized synonyms: Albatross, Millstone, Bind, Diriment Impediment, Drag, Obstacle, Obstruction, Straitjacket
Derivative terms: Deter, Deterrent, Handicap, Hinder, Impede
4. Noun. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
5. Noun. An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base.
Definition of Balk
1. n. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
2. v. t. To leave or make balks in.
3. v. i. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
4. v. i. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
Definition of Balk
1. Noun. ridge, an unplowed strip of land. (One use is to ''walk'' on it.) ¹
2. Noun. beam, crossbeam. ¹
3. Noun. hindrance. ¹
4. Noun. blunder. ¹
5. Noun. (sports) deceptive motion; feint ¹
6. Verb. (archaic) to pass over or by. ¹
7. Verb. to stop, check, block. ¹
8. Verb. to stop short and refuse to go on. ¹
9. Verb. to refuse suddenly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Balk
1. to stop short and refuse to proceed [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Balk
1. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring. Origin: Prob. From D. Balken to bray, bawl. 1. To leave or make balks in. 2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. "Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights, Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see." (Shak) 3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. 4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk. "By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked the nns." (Evelyn) "Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat." (Bp. Hall) "Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he meeteth." (Drayton) 5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to hwart; as, to balk expectation. "They shall not balk my entrance." (Byron) Origin: From Balk a beam; orig. To put a balk or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf, for sense 2, AS. On balcan legan to lay in heaps. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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