Definition of balk Balk
/bɔˈk/ - [bok] - balk
We found 33 definitions of balk from 6 different sources.
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British English
baulk - /bˈɔːk/
American English
balk - /bɔˈk/
What does balk mean?
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NounPlural: balks |
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| balk - an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base | ||
| delivery, pitch the act of delivering a child | ||
| balk - the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk" | ||
| baulk | ||
| surface area, expanse, area a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | ||
| balk - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | ||
| hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, baulk, check, handicap | ||
| difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" | ||
| albatross, millstone large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | ||
| bind something that hinders as if with bonds | ||
| diriment impediment (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage) | ||
| drag the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him" | ||
| obstacle, obstruction an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented) | ||
| balk - one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof | ||
| rafter, baulk | ||
| beam long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction | ||
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Wiktionary 
- balk (Noun)
ridge, an unplowed strip of land. - balk (Noun)
beam, crossbeam. - balk (Noun)
hindrance. - balk (Noun)
blunder. - balk (Noun)
deceptive motion; feint. - balk (Noun)
An illegal motion intended to deceive a runner. - balk (Noun)
Motion used to deceive an opponent during a serve. - balk (Verb)
To pass over or by. - balk (Verb)
To stop, check, block. - balk (Verb)
To stop short and refuse to go on. - balk (Verb)
To refuse suddenly. - balk (Verb)
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- balk (v. i.)
A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside. - balk (v. i.)
A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks." - balk (v. i.)
One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge. - balk (v. i.)
A hindrance or disappointment; a check. - balk (v. i.)
A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure. - balk (v. i.)
A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball. - balk (v. t.)
To leave or make balks in. - balk (v. t.)
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. - balk (v. t.)
To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. - balk (v. t.)
To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk. - balk (v. t.)
To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation. - balk (v. i.)
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition. - balk (v. i.)
To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks. - balk (v. i.)
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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balk
Baulk, bawk, n. a ridge left unploughed, intentionally or through carelessness: (obs.) an omission: squared timber: a tie-beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, esp. when laid so as to form a loft, 'the balks:' (obs.) the beam of a balance: the rope by which fishing-nets are fastened together: a hindrance or disappointment.—v.t. to ignore, pass over: refuse: avoid: let slip: to check, disappoint, or elude: to meet arguments with objections.—v.i. to swerve, pull up: (Spens.) lie out of the way.—n. Balk′-line, in billiards, a line drawn across the table 28½ inches from the face of the bottom cushion—a ball is said to be in balk when within this space. [A.S. balca, ridge; Old High Ger. balcho.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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balk
Straight young trees after they are felled and squared; a beam or timber used for temporary purposes, and under 8 inches square. Balks, of timber of any squared size, as mahogany, intended for planks, or, when very large, for booms or rafts.
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