Definition of Baulk
Verb: baulk bo(l)k [N. Amer], bo(l)k or bó(l)k [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: balk)
- Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- hesitate, waver, waffle, balk
- Refuse to comply
- resist, balk, jib
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: balk)
- The area on a billiard table behind the balkline
"a player with ball in hand must play from the baulk";
- balk
- Something that interferes with (or delays) action or progress
- hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, check, handicap
- One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- rafter, balk
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