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balking

verb

Meaning

  1. To pass over or by.
  2. To omit, miss or overlook by chance.
  3. To miss intentionally; to avoid.
  4. To stop, check, block.
  5. To stop short and refuse to go on.
  6. To refuse suddenly.
  7. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
  8. A frustration or disappointment; a check.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

balky(English)intractable(English)bounced check(English)chequing(English)bounced cheque(English)checking(English)discovered check(English)double check(English)pattern(English)object(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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