English-Thai Dictionary

baulk

VI ไม่เต็มใจ ทำ  balk mai-tem-jai-tham

 

baulk at

PHRV คัดค้าน  ไม่ยอม ทำตาม  balk at khad-khan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAULK

[See Balk. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

baulk

baulk |bɔːk | ▶verb & noun Brit. variant spelling of balk.

 

baulky

baulk y ▶adjective British spelling of balky.

 

Oxford Dictionary

baulk

baulk |bɔːlk, bɔːk |(chiefly US also balk ) ▶verb [ no obj. ] hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking: he baulked at such a drastic solution. • [ with obj. ] thwart or hinder (a plan or person ): he raised every objection he could to baulk this plan. • [ with obj. ] (baulk someone of ) prevent a person or animal from having (something ): a tiger baulked of its prey. • [ with obj. ] archaic miss or refuse (a chance or invitation ). • (with reference to a horse ) refuse or cause to refuse to go on. ▶noun 1 a roughly squared timber beam. 2 the area on a billiard table between the baulk line and the bottom cushion, within which in some circumstances a ball is protected from a direct stroke. 3 Baseball an unlawful action made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner. 4 a ridge left unploughed between furrows. ORIGIN late Old English balc, from Old Norse bálkr ‘partition ’. The original use was ‘unploughed ridge ’, later ‘land left unploughed by mistake ’, hence ‘blunder, omission ’, giving rise to the verb use ‘miss (a chance )’. A late Middle English sense ‘obstacle ’ gave rise to the verb senses ‘hesitate ’ and ‘hinder ’.

 

baulk line

baulk line ▶noun a transverse line marked on a billiard table, extending the diameter of the D to the sides of the table.

 

baulky

baulky |ˈbɔːlki, ˈbɔːki | ▶adjective British spelling of balky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

baulk

baulk verb 1 sensitive gardeners who baulk at using pesticides: eschew, resist, refuse to, be unwilling to, draw the line at, be reluctant to, draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, shy from, recoil from, quail at, demur from, hesitate over, scruple to, take exception to, not like to, hate to, jib at; scorn, disdain. ANTONYMS accept. 2 they were baulked by traffic: impede, obstruct, thwart, hinder, prevent, check, stop, curb, halt, bar, block, forestall, frustrate, stall, baffle, foil, defeat, beat, counteract, head off. ANTONYMS assist.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

baulk

baulk /bɔːk /動詞 名詞 ｟英 ｠＝balk .