balkverb [ I ]
UK also baulk uk/bɔːk/us/bɑːlk/balk verb [ I ] (BE UNWILLING)
to be unwilling to do something or to allow something to happen:
I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.
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Unwilling and reluctant
- arsed
- baulk
- be blowed if... idiom
- be in no mood for sth/to do sth idiom
- begrudge
- deign
- disinclination
- disinclined
- disobliging
- drag your heels/feet idiom
- fag
- indisposed
- jib
- not have the heart to do sth idiom
- not have the stomach for sth idiom
- rather you than me idiom
- reluctance
- reluctant
- sticky
- stomach
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balk verb [ I ] (BASEBALL)
in baseball, to stop in the act of throwing the ball to the batter, in a way that is against the rules
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- glove
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- screwball
- sock
- stuff
- the World Series
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balknoun [ C ]
UK also baulk uk/bɔːk/us/bɑːlk/balk noun [ C ] (WOOD)
a rough, thick piece of wood
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Types of wood
- balsa wood
- bark
- close-grained
- cork
- ebony
- jelutong
- lumber
- matchwood
- MDF
- mulga
- oak
- oaken
- pine
- plywood
- rosewood
- three-ply
- wood
- wood pulp
- wooden
- yew
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balk noun [ C ] (BASEBALL)
in baseball, an act of stopping in the middle of throwing the ball to the batter, which is against the rules
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- glove
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- screwball
- sock
- stuff
- the World Series
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