balk
, baulk
vb
1 intr; usually foll by: at to stop short, esp. suddenly or unexpectedly; jib
the horse balked at the jump
2 intr; 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 unintentionally
n
6 a roughly squared heavy timber beam
7 a timber tie beam of a roof
8 an unploughed ridge to prevent soil erosion or mark a division on common land
9 an obstacle; hindrance; disappointment
10 (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, (See also)
→
baulk
(Old English balca; related to Old Norse bálkr partition, Old High German balco beam)
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balker, baulker n
Diccionario Inglés definición
baulk (usually for sense 1)
n
1 (Also (U.S.))
balk (Billiards)
a (in billiards) the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
b (in baulk-line games) one of the spaces between the cushions and the baulk lines
c ♦
in baulk inside one of these spaces
2 (Archaeol) a strip of earth left between excavation trenches for the study of the complete stratigraphy of a site
3 (Croquet) either of two lines (A baulk and B baulk) at diagonally opposite ends of the court, from which the ball is struck into play
vb
n
4 a variant spelling of →
balk
balk , baulk
vb
1 intr; usually foll by: at to stop short, esp. suddenly or unexpectedly; jib
the horse balked at the jump
2 intr; 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 unintentionally
n
6 a roughly squared heavy timber beam
7 a timber tie beam of a roof
8 an unploughed ridge to prevent soil erosion or mark a division on common land
9 an obstacle; hindrance; disappointment
10 (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, (See also)
→
baulk
(Old English balca; related to Old Norse bálkr partition, Old High German balco beam)
♦
balker, baulker n
Diccionario Inglés definición
balk
1 demur, dodge, evade, flinch, hesitate, jib, recoil, refuse, resist, shirk, shrink from
2 baffle, bar, check, counteract, defeat, disconcert, foil, forestall, frustrate, hinder, obstruct, prevent, thwart
Antonyms
1 accede, accept, acquiesce, comply, relent, submit, yield
2 abet, advance, aid, assist, further, help, promote, support, sustain
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