balked

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English

Definitions

verb

To pass over or by.
To omit, miss or overlook by chance.
To miss intentionally; to avoid.
To stop, check, block.

verb

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

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Synonyms

avoid refuse shirk shun baffle foil frustrate thwart miss overlook baffled defeated discouraged frustrated objected resisted scoffed bristled

Associated

relented groves prospect warn suggestion compromise paying idea expense demands insisted proposal

Rhymes

shocked mocked gawked concoct crocked flocked locked walked shellshocked blocked

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