baulk

Speech parts

1. baulk - Noun

2. baulk - Verb

Meaning

See Balk.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rafter jib check resist deterrent impediment handicap hindrance balk hinderance object prevent intercept stop block

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Antonyms

back help move pressure allow attack

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Hypernyms

area difficulty beam expanse disobey surface area

Hyponyms

millstone drag bind obstacle obstruction albatross

Phrases with the word

in baulk baulk at

Anagrams

Kabul bulak

Examples

I'm not the man to baulk at a low smell, I'm not the man to insist on asphodel. This sounds like a He-fellow, don't you think? It sounds like that. I belch, I bawl, I drink. Edith Sitwell

a player with ball in hand must play from the balk Source: Internet

A good baulk takes a great amount of hand/arm and leg strength to maintain a high position in the water and the ball aloft in the shooting stance. Source: Internet

Even if the cue ball is hit in exactly the same way, the nap will cause a different effect depending on whether the ball is hit down table (towards the black ball spot) or up table towards the baulk line. Source: Internet

If no "D" is drawn on the table then the "forward play" rule is followed: After a scratch, the player with ball-in-hand must shoot forward of the baulk line, i.e. towards the rack area, even if all legal balls are behind the baulk line. Source: Internet

However, El-Sisi didn’t baulk or shirk his responsibilities – on the contrary, he stood firm and provided comfort to the masses who feared another Libya, Iraq or Syria. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bauldric Baule Bauline baulk at baulk colour baulk end