balk

Signification (English)

Noun

1. An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
2. The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
3. 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".
4. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
5. A sudden and obstinate stop.
6. (obsolete) An omission.
7. A deceptive motion.
8. A deceptive motion.
9. 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.
10. The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
11. The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.

Verb

1. To pass over or by.
2. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
3. (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.
4. To stop, check, block; to hinder, impede.
5. To stop short and refuse to go on.
6. To refuse suddenly.
7. To disappoint; to frustrate.
8. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
9. To leave or make balks in.
10. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
11. To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.

Verb

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

Concepts

regimber

obstacle

déjouer

reculer

ruer

arrêter

foc

infraction

pierre

🪨

rechigner

refuser

résister

retenir

transgression

dejouer

dissuasif

irrégularité

obstruction

pierre d’achoppement

se dérober

solive

empêchememt

empêchement

endiguer

entrave

entraver

faute

Synonyms

baulk

jib

rafter

restive

hindrance

stubborn

thwart

flinch

stop

🛑

beam

block

check

demur

deterrent

frustrate

handicap

hinder

impediment

kick

obstacle

recoil

resist

hinderance

default

pull the plug on

detain

waste

disappoint

discontinue

disincentive

drag

encumber

blench

foil

forestall

foul play

fouls

jib at

halt

hamper

boundary-strip

hang on

hesitate

retarding force

be recalcitrant

hobble

breast summer

intercept

irregularity

belay

doggle

knock off

die square

obstructer

obstruction

pause

quail

quit

barrier

balk timber

refuse

coal pinch out

resistance

resistor

arrest

rib

ridge

snooker

spar

spoil

stall

stay

abutment

suspend

abort

tieback

timber

trammel

transgression

trig

trouble

wince

be interrupted

give over

border dike

blockage

bond

border

boundary

break off

call off

cancel

cease

large square

cheese

🧀

circumvent

damage

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɔːk/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: balke

Inherited from ancien anglais: balca

Cognate with néerlandais: balk

Cognate with allemand: Balken

Cognate with italien: balcone

In summary

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”).