balk

1. To be unwilling to do something; to refuse to proceed or do or allow something, either in general or only temporarily. · balked at paying a day's wages for a pencil; he said he would buy her one, but when he saw the price, he balked
2. To stop short and refuse to go on or do something (such as jump). · The horse balked.
3. To move fitfully, stopping frequently.
4. To leave or make a balk or balks (ridges) in; to leave a ridge in by leaving partly unploughed.
5. To stop, check, block (by or as if by an obstacle); to hinder, impede, thwart.
6. To disappoint, frustrate, or check. · to balk expectation
7. To make a balk, a deceptive motion to deceive another player. (intransitive)

He/she/it balks · الماضي balked · التصريف الثالث (اسم المفعول) balked · صيغة -ing balking