balk
balk has 19 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.
Definitions
- v. i.. A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
- v. i.. A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
- v. i.. One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
- v. i.. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- v. i.. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
- v. i.. A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
- v. t.. To leave or make balks in.
- v. t.. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- v. t.. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- v. t.. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
- v. t.. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.
- v. i.. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.