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balk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | baulk |
| Type of | expanse, area, surface area |
a player with ball in hand must play from the balk.
balk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
| Type of | difficulty |
| Has types | albatross, bind, diriment impediment, drag, millstone, obstacle, obstruction, straitjacket |
Examples of balk
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Some antiwar Democrats were expected to balk at the multibillion-dollar request.
From the washingtonpost.com
Some vets balk at adding pet hospice services to their busy practices, she said.
From the foxbusiness.com
Others, notably the British, Poles and Czechs, now balk at ratification as well.
From the economist.com
Do you balk at pay negotiations, or fear losing money if you make a career move?
From the forbes.com
The Democrats balk at this and try to change the subject back to debt reduction.
From the economist.com
I've been to about 500 baseball games at which fans incorrectly call for a balk.
From the freep.com
In my experience though it's usually foreigners who balk at big state solutions.
From the economist.com
Consumers balk at their heavy price tags, which typically run into the thousands.
From the time.com
Some seniors will balk at the cost for a system they don't plan to need anyway.
From the suntimes.com
- Resist: refuse to comply
- The area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
- Hindrance: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- Rafter: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- (balking) stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer"
- 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. ...
- The following is an encyclopedic glossary of traditional English-language terms used in the three overarching cue sports disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets; carom billiards referring to the various carom games played on a table ...
- Ridge, an unplowed strip of land. (One use is to walk on it.); beam; hindrance; blunder; deceptive motion; feint (baseball) an illegal motion intended to deceive a runner. ...
