to refuse to comply
social verb (politics, social activities, events, etc.)
balked
balking
balks
Old English balca "ridge, bank", from or influenced by Old Norse balkr "ridge of...
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a ridge of land left unplowed as a dividing line or through carelessness | "beam", "rafter" | "hindrance", "check" | the space behind the balkline on ... (23 of 217 words, 5 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
to be noisily uncooperative (4 of 187 words, pronunciations)
[Scottish, northern England] : to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish). | "reest" : [Scottish, northern England, horses] to stop or refuse to go; balk. (25 of 36 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a triangular staysail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bow, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast. Jibs and spinnakers are the two main types of headsails on a modern... (47 of 585 words, 2 images)
can refer to: Jib, a triangular sail at the front of a sailing boat | Jib (camera), a boom device with a camera on one end | Jib (person), an individual who has gained popularity via the internet | Jib (village), in the West Bank | Jib, Iran, in Qazvin... (46 of 191 words, 11 definitions)
Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward. | [figurative] To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity. (23 of 54 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation, 2 images)
in sailing ships, triangular sail rigged to a stay extending from the foremast, or foretopmast, to the bowsprit or to a spar, the jibboom, that is an ... (27 of 142 words, 1 image)
the projecting arm of a crane | the boom of a derrick | [nautical] to jibe (a sail or boom) | a triangular sail secured to a stay forward of the mast ... (29 of 116 words, 7 definitions, pronunciation)
the projecting arm of a crane | the boom of a derrick (11 of 17 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a triangular staysail set forward of the mast. | the projecting arm of a crane. | "the cut of someone's jib" [informal, dated] : someone's appearance ... (24 of 68 words, 3 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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Syllabification: (jib) | [sailing] : a triangular staysail set forward of the forwardmost mast. | the projecting arm of a crane. | "the cut of ... (22 of 64 words, 4 definitions, pronunciation)
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[animals, horses] stop and refuse to go on | [persons] be unwilling to do or accept something (16 of 81 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
[nautical] A triangular sail stretching from the foretopmast head to the jib boom and in small craft to the bowsprit or the bow. | The arm of a ... (27 of 64 words, 4 definitions, pronunciation)
a small triangular sail near the front of a boat | the long arm of a crane used in building (19 of 43 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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to swing a sail from one side of a boat to the other | [British] if a horse jibs when it's being ridden, it stops suddenly and refuses to move forward (30 of 40 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a small triangular sail on a boat, in front of the main sail (13 of 22 words, pronunciation)
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a long horizontal frame that sticks out from a crane and from which the hook hangs (16 of 26 words, pronunciation)
name given by Sigmund Freud to a system of interpretation and therapeutic treatment of psychological disorders. Psychoanalysis began after Freud ... (20 of 194 words)
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property of an electric conductor by which it opposes a flow of electricity and dissipates electrical energy away from the circuit, usually as heat. ... (24 of 149 words)
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ability of an organism to resist disease by identifying and destroying foreign substances or organisms. Although all animals have some immune ... (21 of 57 words)
a small triangular sail in front of the main or only mast on a sailing ship or sailboat (18 of 35 words, pronunciation)
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the projecting arm of a crane (6 of 22 words, pronunciation)
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to stop and refuse to move on (refers to animals) | to be reluctant to do something (16 of 53 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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Origin: Old English balca "ridge, bank", from or influenced by Old Norse balkr "ridge of land", especially between two plowed furrows, both from ... (22 of 128 etymology words)
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Origin: alternative spelling of "balk", especially in billiards, in reference to a bad shot.
Origin: late Old English balc, from Old Norse bálkr "partition". The original use was "unploughed ridge", later "land left unploughed by ... (20 of 48 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English balke, Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr ("partition, ridge of land"), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with German Balken ("balk"), Italian balcone... (28 of 36 etymology words)
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Origin: See balk
Origin: Middle English balke from Old English balca, a bank, ridge from Indo-European *bhelg- (extended stem of *bhel-, a beam) ... (19 of 27 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English balken, to plow up in ridges, from balk, ridge, from Old English balca and from Old Norse balkr, beam.
Origin: Old English balca; related to Old Norse bálkr partition, Old High German balco beam
First use: before 12th century
Origin: Middle English balke, from Old English balca; akin to Old High German balko beam, Latin fulcire to prop, Greek phalanx log, phalanx
Origin: Old English balca "ridge" and Old Norse bálkr "beam, bar" from Indo-European, "beam"
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