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"Balk" Definition
noun
A hindrance, check, or defeat.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A ridge between furrows.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A wooden beam or rafter.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An unplowed strip of land.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Games One of the spaces between the cushion and the balk line on a billiard table.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Archaic To let go by; miss.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To check or thwart by or as if by an obstacle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Baseball To make an illegal motion before pitching, allowing one or more base runners to advance one base.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Sports To make an incomplete or misleading motion.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To refuse obstinately or abruptly: She balked at the very idea of compromise.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To pass over or by.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To check or stop by or as if by an obstacle.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To stop short and refuse to proceed.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To refuse abruptly.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To commit a balk in sports.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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