Definition of Balk
Verb: balk bo(l)k
- Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- hesitate, waver, waffle, baulk [Brit]
- Refuse to comply
- resist, baulk [Brit], jib
- The area on a billiard table behind the balkline
"a player with ball in hand must play from the balk";
- baulk [Brit]
- Something that interferes with (or delays) action or progress
- hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, baulk [Brit], check, handicap
- One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- rafter, baulk [Brit]
- An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
See also:
Balistidae
Balkan
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