Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
balk .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective stopping short and refusing to go on
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Examples
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When the gentleman who guided me through the bush left me on the side of a pali, I discovered that Kahele, though strong, gentle, and sure-footed, possesses the odious fault known as balking, and expressed his aversion to ascend the other side in a most unmistakable manner.
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When the gentleman who guided me through the bush left me on the side of a pali, I discovered that Kahele, though strong, gentle, and sure-footed, possesses the odious fault known as balking, and expressed his aversion to ascend the other side in a most unmistakable manner.
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Now, some of his foreign policies are still idiocy -- such as balking at distributing condoms, or the global gag rule on abortion -- but at least Bush did some things that were helpful, and he spent a lot of money on it.
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Now, some of his foreign policies are still idiocy -- such as balking at distributing condoms, or the global gag rule on abortion -- but at least Bush did some things that were helpful, and he spent a lot of money on it.
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ROBERTS: And, of course, as we heard earlier in the program, China really kind of balking on those really tough sanctions that it might take to get North Korea to give up its nuclear program.
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ROBERTS: And, of course, as we heard earlier in the program, China really kind of balking on those really tough sanctions that it might take to get North Korea to give up its nuclear program.
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Jibbing, or "balking" as the Americans term it, is a detestable vice.
The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
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Recent headlines and letters have unfairly accused Assemblywoman Lupardo of "balking" at a reduction in pay.
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Other countries such as China and Iran are also "balking" on the idea, using the excuses of U.S.
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Meanwhile, the Washington Post Friday editorially advised a "balking" Berman, "a long time sceptic of the deal" to find a way to help move the deal forward as "it is in America's interest."
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