These are the meanings of the letters BALK when you unscramble them.
- Balk (v. i.)
A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
- Balk (v. i.)
A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called \"the balks.\"
- Balk (v. i.)
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- Balk (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.
- Balk (v. i.)
A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
- Balk (v. i.)
One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
- Balk (v. i.)
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- Balk (v. i.)
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
- Balk (v. i.)
To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
- Balk (v. t.)
To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.
- Balk (v. t.)
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- Balk (v. t.)
To leave or make balks in.
- Balk (v. t.)
To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
- Balk (v. t.)
To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.