balk
balk (verb) synonyms
balk definitions
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To refuse suddenly.
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To stop short and refuse to go on.
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To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
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To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
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To leave or make balks in.
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To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
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To stop, check, block.
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To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
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To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
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To disappoint; to frustrate.