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balkbalk (also baulk British English) /bɔːk, bɔːlk $ bɒːk, bɒːlk/ verb  balkOrigin: 1400-1500 balk ‘raised area that gets in the way of forward movement’ (15-21 centuries), from Old English balca ‘pile of things on the ground’ VERB TABLEbalk |
Present | I, you, we, they | balk | | he, she, it | balks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | balked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have balked | | he, she, it | has balked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had balked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will balk | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have balked |
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Present | I | am balking | | he, she, it | is balking | | you, we, they | are balking | Past | I, he, she, it | was balking | | you, we, they | were balking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been balking | | he, she, it | has been balking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been balking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be balking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been balking |
- Their strategies to balk the enemy had failed.
- And last month, he balked at submitting to an examination by government-appointed psychiatrists.
- And then only because he, Verisof, had balked at further appeasement.
- As it was he balked, both forefeet thrust stiffly in front of him, jarring me to the bone.
- At first, officials in both countries balked.
- He balked slightly at that, then he tucked the tenners down his gauntlet and handed it over.
- Industry executives balked for years at the idea of program ratings, fearing a loss of advertising dollars.
- People may well balk at this and never return to your site again.
- They are likely to balk at antiabortion legislation.
► Baseballbalk, verbball game, nounball park, nounballplayer, nounbase, nounbaseline, nounbat, verbbatter, nounblooper, nounbreak, nounbull pen, nounbunt, verbcatch, verbcatcher, nouncentre, noundesignated hitter, noundiamond, noundouble, noundouble, verbdouble-header, noundouble play, nounfastball, nounfirst base, nounfly, verbfly, nounfly ball, nounfoul, verbgrand slam, noungrounder, nounheavy hitter, nounhome base, nounhome plate, nounhomer, nounhome run, nouninfield, nouninning, nounmidfielder, nounmitt, nounmound, nounpark, nounpinch-hit, verbpitch, nounpitch, verbpitcher, nounpitchout, nounplate, nounpop fly, nounrebound, verbrebound, nounrun, nounshortstop, nounshut-out, nounsingle, nounslam dunk, nounslugger, nounspring training, nounsteal, verbstrikeout, nountriple, noun 1[intransitive] to not want to do or try something, because it seems difficult, unpleasant, or frighteningbalk at Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession. Westerners balk at the prospect of snake on the menu.2[intransitive] if a horse balks at a fence, it stops in front of it and refuses to jump over it3[intransitive] American English in baseball, to stop in the middle of the action of throwing the ball to the player who is trying to hit it4[transitive] formal to stop someone or something from getting or achieving what they want |