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- hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking:"any gardener will at first balk at enclosing the garden"Similar:refuse tobe unwilling todraw the line atbe reluctant todraw back fromflinch fromshrink fromshy fromrecoil fromquail atdemur fromhesitate overscruple tonot like tohate tojib atOpposite:
- thwart or hinder (a plan or person):"the utmost of his influence will be invoked to balk the law"Opposite:
- (balk someone of)prevent a person or animal from having (something):"the lions, fearing to be balked of their prey"
- (of a horse) refuse to go on.
- archaicmiss or refuse (a chance or invitation).
- baseball(of a pitcher) make an illegal motion, penalized by an advance of the base runners:"the rookie balked and permitted Robinson to score"
nounbaulk (noun) · baulks (plural noun) · balk (noun) · balks (plural noun)- baseballan illegal motion made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner.
- any area on a pool or billiard table in which play is restricted in some way.
- a ridge left unplowed between furrows.
Originlate Old English balc, from Old Norse bálkr ‘partition’. The original use was ‘unplowed ridge’, later ‘land left unplowed by mistake’, hence ‘blunder, omission’, giving rise to the verb use ‘miss (a chance)’. A late Middle English sense ‘obstacle’ gave rise to the verb senses ‘hesitate’ and ‘hinder’. - People also ask
- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.verb (used without object) to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech. (of a horse, mule, etc.) to stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on. Baseball. to commit a balk.www.dictionary.com/browse/balkbalk (bôk) v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. To refuse obstinately or abruptly: She balked at the very idea of compromise.www.thefreedictionary.com/balkto be unwilling to do something or let something happen: I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him. (Definition of balk from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/balkDefinition of balk verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary balk verb /bɔːk/ /bɔːk/ (especially North American English) (British English usually baulk) [intransitive] balk (at something) to be unwilling to do something or become involved in something because it is difficult, dangerous, etc. Topics Difficulty and failure c2www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/engli…
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