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Synonyms for balked

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bawk
Phonetic Transcription : bɔk

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Définition of balked

Origin :
  • Old English balca "ridge, bank," from or influenced by Old Norse balkr "ridge of land," especially between two plowed furrows, both from Proto-Germanic *balkan-, *belkan- (cf. Old Saxon balko, Danish bjelke, Old Frisian balka, Old High German balcho, German Balken "beam, rafter"), from PIE *bhelg- "beam, plank" (cf. Latin fulcire "to prop up, support," fulcrum "bedpost;" Lithuanian balziena "cross-bar;" and possibly Greek phalanx "trunk, log, line of battle"). Modern senses are figurative, representing the balk as a hindrance or obstruction (see balk (v.)). Baseball sense is first attested 1845.
  • verb stop short
  • verb thwart
Example sentences :
  • So far I have not balked at anything but he has had the consideration not to direct me to the mountains.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The men that have solved greater problems in the past will not be balked by these.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • Duerot has tried his hardest to sup in Lagny, and has been balked by German valour.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • Well, gentlemen, you are balked this time; but what matters it?
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Hugh Ritson was hardly the man to be balked by such impediments.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • What match was she for a clever desperate rogue who balked at nothing?
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • He paused and waited impatiently for his answer, but once more Hardy balked him.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
  • They balked, not at the amount of the tax, but at its principle.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • He had booked himself for something cruel, and he was miserable to be balked.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • You balked me in one attempt at vengeance, and I think you owe me a reparation!
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever

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