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balk

/bɔːk/

/bɔk/

Translations

balknoun

balks

/bɔːk/

/bɔk/

балка

The construction workers installed a steel balk to support the roof.

Строители установили стальную балку для поддержки крыши.

брус

The carpenter used a wooden balk to create the frame of the house.

Плотник использовал деревянный брус для создания каркаса дома.

Additional translations

Synonyms

balkverb

balked

Past Simple

balked

Past Participle

balking

Gerund

/bɔːk/

/bɑːk/

упираться

The horse balked at the jump.

Лошадь уперлась перед прыжком.

отказываться

She balked at the idea of working overtime.

Она отказалась от идеи работать сверхурочно.

Additional translations

Synonyms

shy away

draw back

Antonyms

Definitions

balknoun

A ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness.

The farmer left a balk between the two fields to mark the boundary.

An illegal motion made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner in baseball.

The umpire called a balk when the pitcher made an unexpected move before throwing the ball.

A roughly squared timber beam.

The construction workers used a balk to support the roof of the new house.

A hindrance or obstruction; a check to progress.

Every plan they proposed met with one balk after another.

Either of the two areas at the ends of a billiard table delimited by the balk line.

The cue ball must start from the balk at the opening of the game.

balkverb

To hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.

She balked at the high price of the concert tickets.

To stop short and refuse to proceed.

The horse balked at the jump, refusing to go over it.

To thwart or hinder a plan or person.

The sudden rainstorm balked their plans for a picnic.

In baseball, to commit an illegal motion as a pitcher, allowing base runners to advance.

The pitcher balked twice in the ninth inning, moving both runners into scoring position.