baulked

baulk

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bawk]
- /bɔk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bawk]
- /bɔk/

Definitions of baulked word

verb without object baulked 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 baulked (of a horse, mule, etc.) to stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on. 1
verb without object baulked Baseball. to commit a balk. 1
verb with object baulked to place an obstacle in the way of; hinder; thwart: a sudden reversal that balked her hopes. 1
verb with object baulked Archaic. to let slip; fail to use: to balk an opportunity. 1
noun baulked a check or hindrance; defeat; disappointment. 1

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Origin of baulked

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 Baulked

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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baulked popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for baulked

adjective baulked

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.

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