balking in English

verb

1

hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.

any gardener will at first balk at enclosing the garden

synonyms: be unwilling to (be), draw the line at, be reluctant to (be), hesitate over, eschew, resist, refuse to (be), take exception to, draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, recoil from, demur from, hate to (be)

2

(of a pitcher) make an illegal motion, penalized by an advance of the base runners.

the rookie balked and permitted Robinson to score

verb

be unwilling to (be), draw the line at, be reluctant to (be), hesitate over, eschew, resist, refuse to (be), take exception to, draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, recoil from, demur from, hate to (be)
impede, obstruct, thwart, hinder, prevent, check, stop, curb, halt, bar, block, forestall, frustrate
jib, baulk, resist

Use "balking" in a sentence

1. Balking, or Baulking, anciently Betkelking, a village and a parish in Berks

2. Adjectives for balk include balky, Baulkier, baulkiest, baulky, balked, balking, baulked and baulking

3. Balkanizers balkanizes balkanizing: balked balker balkers balkier balkiest balkily balkiness balkinesses balking balkingly: Literary usage of Balkanized

4. With the federal deficit at $5 trillion, some voters are balking at politicians touting their record of bringing home the bacon.

5. Some fans of the "beautiful game" are balking at the cost of long-haul flights and peak-price accommodations.

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7. Baulking Baulking or Balking is a village and civil parish about 3.5 miles southeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire

8. Baulking or Balking is a village and civil parish about 3.5 miles southeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire

9. Balky - stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a Balky mule"; "a Balky customer" balking intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"

10. Balky: 1 adj stopping short and refusing to go on “a Balky mule” “a Balky customer” Synonyms: balking intractable not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

11. Baulking or Balking is a village and civil parish about 3 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire

12. NASA officials also continue to spar with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who say that the agency is balking at congressionally imposed plans for manned exploration of the solar system.

13. To Balkanize; balked; balked when; balking; balks; balky; ball; ball and cage assembly; ball and socket joint; ball bar; ball bars; Translations into more languages in the bab.la Chinese-English dictionary.

14. He notes that a number of the more financially muscular European countries, among them Germany, are already balking at the idea of Anteing up funds to help bail out their weaker brethren.