balk
balk
bɑlk
baalk
/bˈɔːlk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "balk"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be reluctant to do something or allow it to happen, particularly because it is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was balking at the thought of climbing the dangerous mountain.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āφāϰ⧋āĻšāϪ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ•, āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ

(in baseball) an illegal action by the pitcher, such as a deceptive motion or failure to complete a pitch that results in base runners advancing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His hesitation during the windup was ruled a balk.
āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāφāĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϰ āĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

a structural beam used to support the roof of a building, typically sloped and arranged in parallel
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Heavy snow put pressure on the wooden balks supporting the barn.
āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§€āĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϘāϰāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āϤāĻž

something that prevents or slows down movement or progress
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her indecision acted as a balk to completing the project.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ•

(in cue sports) the rectangular area at one end of the table, where certain rules restrict ball placement and play
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled to make a clean shot from within the balk.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ balk āĻāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻļāϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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