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- Dictionarybalk/bɔː(l)k/
verb
- 1. hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking: "he balked at such a drastic solution" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a roughly squared timber beam: "a balk of timber"
- 2. the area on a billiard table between the balk line and the bottom cushion, within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke.
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balk: [noun] a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness.
BALK definition: 1. to be unwilling to do something or to allow something to happen: 2. in baseball, to stop in the…. Learn more.
Balk definition: to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at). See examples of BALK used in a sentence.
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If you balk at your mother's suggestion that you take on more responsibility, you're saying no to added chores. To balk means to refuse to go along with.
10 meanings: 1. to stop short, esp suddenly or unexpectedly; jib 2. to turn away abruptly; recoil 3. to thwart, check,.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of balk verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.