balk
/bɔk/ verbo C2- 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
- To stop short and refuse to go on or do something (such as jump). · The horse balked.
- To move fitfully, stopping frequently.
- To leave or make a balk or balks (ridges) in; to leave a ridge in by leaving partly unploughed.
- To stop, check, block (by or as if by an obstacle); to hinder, impede, thwart.
- To disappoint, frustrate, or check. · to balk expectation
- To make a balk, a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
He/she/it balks · Pasado balked · Participio pasado balked · Forma en -ing balking
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- balk
- He/she/it
- balks
- Pasado
- balked
- Participio pasado
- balked
- Forma en -ing
- balking
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