"Balking" is a word in ENGLISH

A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.

To leave or make balks in.

To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called \"the balks.\"

One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.

To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the …

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

A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.

To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.

of Balk

One who, or that which balks.

In a manner to balk or frustrate.

Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.

See Balk.

A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.