ˈbalkiness [f. balky a.] The quality of being balky. 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 349/1 The mules were the very embodiment of balkiness.1909J. C. Lincoln Keziah Coffin x. 143, I, bein' a Hammond, with some of the Hammond balkiness in me, I set my foot down as hard as his.