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balkenUK
balk B0041200 (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.3. a. Sports To make an incomplete or misleading motion.b. Baseball To make an illegal motion before pitching, allowing one or more base runners to advance one base.v.tr.1. To check or thwart by or as if by an obstacle.2. Archaic To let go by; miss.n.1. A hindrance, check, or defeat.2. Sports An incomplete or misleading motion, especially an illegal move made by a baseball pitcher.3. Games One of the spaces between the cushion and the balk line on a billiard table.4. a. An unplowed strip of land.b. A ridge between furrows.5. A wooden beam or rafter.
[Middle English balken, to plow up in ridges, from balk, ridge, from Old English balca and from Old Norse balkr, beam.]
balk′er n.balk (bɔːk; bɔːlk) or baulkvb1. (usually foll by: at) to stop short, esp suddenly or unexpectedly; jib: the horse balked at the jump. 2. (foll by: at) to turn away abruptly; recoil: he balked at the idea of murder. 3. (tr) to thwart, check, disappoint, or foil: he was balked in his plans. 4. (tr) to avoid deliberately: he balked the question. 5. (tr) to miss unintentionallyn6. (Architecture) a roughly squared heavy timber beam7. (Architecture) a timber tie beam of a roof8. (Agriculture) an unploughed ridge to prevent soil erosion or mark a division on common land9. an obstacle; hindrance; disappointment10. (Baseball) baseball an illegal motion by a pitcher towards the plate or towards the base when there are runners on base, esp without delivering the ball[Old English balca; related to Old Norse bálkr partition, Old High German balco beam] ˈbalker, ˈbaulker nbalk (bɔk)
v.i. 1. to refuse curtly and firmly (usu. fol. by at). 2. to stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on. 3. to commit a balk in baseball. v.t. 4. to place an obstacle in the way of; hinder; thwart. n. 5. a baseball pitcher's illegal motion or feint, penalized by awarding a runner or runners an advance to the next base. 6. a check or hindrance; defeat; disappointment. 7. a strip of land left unplowed. 8. any heavy timber used for building purposes. [before 900; Middle English; Old English balca covering, beam, ridge, c. Old Norse bǫlkr bar, partition] balk′er, n. Balk a ridge or heap on the ground. See also bank, bar.Examples: balk of earth; of good ground, 1605; of money, 1652; of sand, 1538.balk
Past participle: balked
Gerund: balking
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| I balk | | you balk | | he/she/it balks | | we balk | | you balk | | they balk |
| Preterite |
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| I balked | | you balked | | he/she/it balked | | we balked | | you balked | | they balked |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am balking | | you are balking | | he/she/it is balking | | we are balking | | you are balking | | they are balking |
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| I have balked | | you have balked | | he/she/it has balked | | we have balked | | you have balked | | they have balked |
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| I was balking | | you were balking | | he/she/it was balking | | we were balking | | you were balking | | they were balking |
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| I had balked | | you had balked | | he/she/it had balked | | we had balked | | you had balked | | they had balked |
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| I will balk | | you will balk | | he/she/it will balk | | we will balk | | you will balk | | they will balk |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have balked | | you will have balked | | he/she/it will have balked | | we will have balked | | you will have balked | | they will have balked |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be balking | | you will be balking | | he/she/it will be balking | | we will be balking | | you will be balking | | they will be balking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been balking | | you have been balking | | he/she/it has been balking | | we have been balking | | you have been balking | | they have been balking |
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| I will have been balking | | you will have been balking | | he/she/it will have been balking | | we will have been balking | | you will have been balking | | they will have been balking |
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| I had been balking | | you had been balking | | he/she/it had been balking | | we had been balking | | you had been balking | | they had been balking |
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| I would balk | | you would balk | | he/she/it would balk | | we would balk | | you would balk | | they would balk |
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| I would have balked | | you would have balked | | he/she/it would have balked | | we would have balked | | you would have balked | | they would have balked |
balk1. A strip of ground left unexcavated between two trenches dug at an archaelogical site.2. An illegal act by the pitcher while one or more runners are on base. Any runner may then walk on to the next base.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  balk - the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"baulkbilliard table, pool table, snooker table - game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is playedsurface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" | | 2. | balk - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progressdeterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment, baulk, handicap, checkdifficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"albatross, millstone - (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck"bind - something that hinders as if with bondsdiriment impediment - (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage)drag - something that slows or delays progress; "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"obstacle, obstruction - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"straitjacket - anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket" | | 3. |  balk - one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roofrafter, baulkbeam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction | | 4. |  balk - an illegal pitching motion while runners are on basepitch, delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter | | Verb | 1. |  balk - refuse to comply baulk, jib, resistdisobey - refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" |
balk baulkverb (often with at) recoil, resist, hesitate, dodge, falter, evade, shy away, flinch, quail, shirk, shrink, draw back, jib Even biology graduates may balk at animal experiments.
recoil accept, yield, submit, comply, relent, accede, acquiescebalkverbTo prevent from accomplishing a purpose:baffle, check, checkmate, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart.Informal: cross, stump.Idiom: cut the ground from under.nounA large, oblong piece of wood or other material, used especially for construction:beam, rafter, timber.TranslationsaufhaltenruerimpedireostacolarerifiutarsibalkenUK
balk at the idea (of something)To indignantly reject or recoil from a given idea, topic, or suggestion. He balked at the idea of reducing the number of staff to pay for an increase to the executives' pay.See also: balk, ideabalk atTo be hesitant about doing something or to refuse to do it. My dog balked at leaving the park. The young performer balked at taking the stage at the talent show.See also: balkbalk at somethingto resist and object to something; to shy away from doing something. I hope they don't balk at finishing their work. They will probably balk at it.See also: balkbalk atv.1. To stop short and refuse to go on to do something: The horse balked at jumping over the fence.2. To refuse something obstinately or abruptly: The politician balked at the compromise suggested by the opposing party.See also: balkbalkenUK
balk, baulk1. a roughly squared heavy timber beam 2. a timber tie beam of a roof 3. Baseball an illegal motion by a pitcher towards the plate or towards the base when there are runners on base, esp without delivering the ball balk[bȯk] (building construction) A squared timber used in building construction. (civil engineering) A low ridge of earth that marks a boundary line. (mining engineering) A sudden thinning out, for a certain distance, of a bed of coal. balk, baulk  balistraria  baldachin 1. A squared timber used in building construction. 2. A low ridge of earth that marks a boundary line.balkenUK
balk the term used in queuing analysis where a customer decides that a QUEUE is too long and decides to leave.AcronymsSeeBKbalkenUK
Related to balk: Belk, renegeSynonyms for balkverb recoilSynonyms- recoil
- resist
- hesitate
- dodge
- falter
- evade
- shy away
- flinch
- quail
- shirk
- shrink
- draw back
- jib
Antonyms- accept
- yield
- submit
- comply
- relent
- accede
- acquiesce
Synonyms for balkverb to prevent from accomplishing a purposeSynonyms- baffle
- check
- checkmate
- defeat
- foil
- frustrate
- stymie
- thwart
- cross
- stump
noun a large, oblong piece of wood or other material, used especially for constructionSynonymsSynonyms for balknoun the area on a billiard table behind the balklineSynonymsRelated Words- billiard table
- pool table
- snooker table
- surface area
- expanse
- area
noun something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progressSynonyms- deterrent
- hinderance
- hindrance
- impediment
- baulk
- handicap
- check
Related Words- difficulty
- albatross
- millstone
- bind
- diriment impediment
- drag
- obstacle
- obstruction
- straitjacket
noun one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roofSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun an illegal pitching motion while runners are on baseRelated Wordsverb refuse to complySynonymsRelated Words |