To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
To refuse suddenly.
To stop short and refuse to go on.
To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
To leave or make balks in.
To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
To stop, check, block.
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
To disappoint; to frustrate.
Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
A sudden and obstinate stop.
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
To form into piles.
To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
To erect; to turn up.
The penis.
The circle at the end of the rink.
The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
Vulva, vagina.
Shuttlecock.
A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
A cock pigeon.
The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
Hay-cock, a small conical pile of hay.
The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
The style or gnomon of a sundial.
The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
A man; a fellow, especially as a term of address.
A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
The indicator of a balance.
A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
Expression of annoyance.