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balk
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5 definitions • 2 examples
1
to be
unwilling
to do something or to
allow
something to happen:
Examples:
I balked at the
prospect
of
spending
four
hours
on a
train
with him.
2
in
baseball
, to stop in the
act
of
throwing
the
ball
to the
batter
, in a way that is against the
rules
3
a
rough
,
thick
piece
of
wood
4
in
baseball
, an
act
of
stopping
in the
middle
of
throwing
the
ball
to the
batter
, which is against the
rules
5
to be
unwilling
to do something or let something happen:
Examples:
I balked at the
prospect
of
spending
four
hours
on a
train
with him.
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