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- [bawk]
- /bɔk/
- /bɔːk/
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- [bawk]
- /bɔk/
Definitions of balked word
- verb without object balked to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech. 1
- verb without object balked (of a horse, mule, etc.) to stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on. 1
- verb without object balked Baseball. to commit a balk. 1
- verb with object balked to place an obstacle in the way of; hinder; thwart: a sudden reversal that balked her hopes. 1
- verb with object balked Archaic. to let slip; fail to use: to balk an opportunity. 1
- noun balked a check or hindrance; defeat; disappointment. 1
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Origin of balked
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English balca covering, beam, ridge; cognate with Old Norse bǫlkr bar, partition, Dutch balk, Old Saxon balko, German Balken, Old Norse bjalki beam, Old English bolca plank; perhaps akin to Latin sufflāmen, Slovene blazína, Lithuanian balžíenas beam. See balcony
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Parts of speech for Balked
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
balked popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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adjective balked
- through the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- worsted — that which is worst.
- handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- up the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- frustrated — Obsolete. frustrated.
Antonyms for balked
verb balked
- accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
- faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.
- met — simple past tense and past participle of meet1 .
- aided — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- helped — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
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