balking
verb
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To pass over or by.
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To omit, miss or overlook by chance.
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To miss intentionally; to avoid.
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To stop, check, block.
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To stop short and refuse to go on.
"The horse balked."
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To refuse suddenly.
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To disappoint; to frustrate.
"to balk expectation"
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To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
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To leave or make balks in.
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To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
Synonyms:
avoid, refuse, shirk, shun, baffle, foil, frustrate, thwart, miss, overlook
verb
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To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
noun
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A frustration or disappointment; a check.