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balk
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).
Alternative forms
- baulk
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??k/, /b??lk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b?k/
- (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /b?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
balk (plural balks)
- (agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
- 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times
- Bad ploughmen, which made balks of such ground.
- 1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times
- (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- , "Concealment of Sin"
- a balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker
- , "Concealment of Sin"
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- Synonym: failure
- (obsolete) An omission.
- (sports) A deceptive motion.
- Synonym: feint
- (baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- (badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- (billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
- (snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- (fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
Derived terms
- baulk line
- baulk end
Translations
Verb
balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)
- (archaic) To pass over or by.
- To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- Synonyms: miss, overlook
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.
- Synonyms: avoid, shun, refuse, shirk
- By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked the nns.
- Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, Nymphidia
- Nor doth he any creature balk, / But lays on all he meeteth.
- To stop, check, block.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- 1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures, page 6:
- 1995, Temple Grandin, Thinking in Pictures, page 6:
- To refuse suddenly.
- To disappoint; to frustrate.
- Synonyms: frustrate, foil, baffle, thwart
- 1821, Lord Byron, The Two Foscari
- They shall not balk my entrance.
- To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- To leave or make balks in.
- To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from Dutch balken (“to bray, bawl”).
Verb
balk (third-person singular simple present balks, present participle balking, simple past and past participle balked)
- To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
References
Anagrams
- Blak, blak
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?lk/
- Hyphenation: balk
- Rhymes: -?lk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch *balco, from Proto-Germanic *balkô.
Noun
balk m (plural balken, diminutive balkje n)
- A beam, solid support.
- (mathematics) A cuboid.
- A section, icon etcetera in such rectangular shape.
Derived terms
- balkenbrij
- draagbalk
- staartbalk
- stootbalk
- beam-shaped
- notenbalk
- taakbalk
- zoekbalk
Related terms
- balkon
Descendants
- Afrikaans: balk
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
balk
- first-person singular present indicative of balken
- imperative of balken
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
balk c
- a wooden or metal beam
- (heraldry) a bend (diagonal band)
- (law) code (major section of legislation)
- brottsbalk
- criminal code
- brottsbalk
Declension
Synonyms
- bjälke
Derived terms
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stonker
English
Etymology
From stonk +? -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
stonker (plural stonkers)
- (Britain, slang) Something highly impressive.
- Every record he played was a stonker.
Derived terms
- stonkered
Anagrams
- Ketrons, reknots
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