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