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Verb
/bôk/,
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balking, present participle; baulking, present participle; baulks, 3rd person singular present; baulked, past tense; balked, past tense; balked, past participle; baulked, past participle; balks, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
    • - any gardener will at first balk at enclosing the garden
  2. Thwart or hinder (a plan or person)
    • - the utmost of his influence will be invoked to balk the law
  3. Prevent a person or animal from having (something)
    • - the lions, fearing to be balked of their prey
  4. (of a horse) Refuse to go on

  5. Miss or refuse (a chance or invitation)

  6. (of a pitcher) Make an illegal motion, penalized by an advance of the base runners
    • - the rookie balked and permitted Robinson to score
  1. (balking) stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer"
  2. In baseball, a pitcher may commit a number of illegal motions or actions which constitute a balk. In games played under Official Baseball Rules, a balk results in a delayed dead ball, and the balk is ignored under specified circumstances. ...
  3. (Balking) When a horse refuses to move.^ Multiple causes, including disobedience, fright, and pain or injury. See also napping.
  4. to stop short and refuse to proceed
  5. balk·ing                balks                     balk er n.