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balk (verb)

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  • balk´ing|ly — balk «bk», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on: »My horse balked at the fence. SYNONYM(S): jib, shy. 2. to hesitate or stop (at); avoid; not do: »He balks at every disturbance and never finishes his work …   Useful english dictionary

  • balk´er — balk «bk», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on: »My horse balked at the fence. SYNONYM(S): jib, shy. 2. to hesitate or stop (at); avoid; not do: »He balks at every disturbance and never finishes his work …   Useful english dictionary

  • balk — I verb avert, baffle, bar, be obstructive, block, check, counter, counteract, countercheck, curb, defeat, delay, detain, eludere, estop, foil, forefend, forestall, frustrari, frustrate, give trouble, halt, hamper, hinder, hold in check, hold back …   Law dictionary

  • balk — verb 1) I balk at paying that much Syn: be unwilling to (be), draw the line at, be reluctant to (be), hesitate over; eschew, resist, refuse to (be), take exception to; draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, recoil from, demur from, hate to… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • balk — verb &noun chiefly US variant spelling of baulk …   English new terms dictionary

  • balk — balk1 [ bɔk ] verb intransitive 1. ) to be unwilling to do something or let something happen, because you believe that it is wrong or that it will cause problems: Voters would balk if either candidate made such a proposal. balk at: They really… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • balk — I. noun Etymology: Middle English balke, from Old English balca; akin to Old High German balko beam, Latin fulcire to prop, Greek phalanx log, phalanx Date: before 12th century 1. a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • balk — [[t]bɔ͟ːlk, AM bɔ͟ːk[/t]] balks, balking, balked also baulk VERB If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen. [V at n] Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments... Last October the bank… …   English dictionary

  • balk — baulk, balk 1. pronunciation. It should be pronounced bawlk (with l). 2. spelling. The usual BrE spelling is baulk, although balk is more common in AmE. The primary use is as a verb meaning (1) followed by at: ‘to hesitate, refuse to go on’, as… …   Modern English usage

  • balk — /bɔk/ (say bawk) verb (i), verb (t), noun → baulk …  

  • balk — 1. noun /bɔːk,bɔ(ː)k,bɑ(ː)k/ a) ridge, an unplowed strip of land. (One use is to walk on it.) b) beam. 2. verb /bɔːk,bɔ(ː)k,bɑ(ː)k/ a) to pass over or by. b) to stop, check, block …   Wiktionary

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