Definition for Balk:

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

Synonyms for Balk:

• n.

  •
  • cease,
  • demur,
  • abandon,
  • break off,
  • quit,
  • give up,
  • discontinue,
  • drop.
  •
  • be in no hurry,
  • shy away,
  • have/want no truck with,
  • fight shy of something.
  •
  • fly,
  • foul.
  •act (noun)
  • balk.
  •balk (noun)
  • handicap,
  • jib,
  • hindrance,
  • rafter,
  • resist,
  • deterrent,
  • impediment,
  • check,
  • baulk.
  •beam (noun)
  • sill,
  • cantilever,
  • two-by-four,
  • Laths,
  • scantling,
  • lath,
  • pilings,
  • stringers,
  • plank,
  • sills,
  • crossbars,
  • lintel,
  • scantlings,
  • crosspieces,
  • cross-piece,
  • stringer,
  • crosspiece,
  • cross bar,
  • crossbar,
  • lintels,
  • cantilevers.
  •blow (noun)
  • misfortunes,
  • up set,
  • bolt from the blue,
  • bombshells,
  • bombshell.
  •chagrin (noun)
  • dis satisfactions,
  • dis composure,
  • dis-composures,
  • dis-may,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • dis mays,
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis quiets,
  • dis-composure,
  • illhumors,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis-satisfaction,
  • dis-quiet,
  • illhumor,
  • fretfulnesses,
  • dis may,
  • ill-humors,
  • dis composures,
  • dis-mays,
  • ill humors.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • letdown.
  •timber (noun)
  • weald,
  • woodlots,
  • wealds,
  • woodlot,
  • timberlands,
  • timberland,
  • hardwoods,
  • hardwood,
  • forest.

• v.

  •back down (verb)
  • hadst no fight left,
  • re-signing,
  • with-drew,
  • withdraws from agreement statement,
  • re-sign,
  • had no fight left,
  • sur-rendered,
  • begged off,
  • re treating,
  • re treated,
  • re-canting,
  • withdrew from agreement or statement,
  • sur-render,
  • wimps out,
  • re-signs,
  • with drew,
  • sur render,
  • Re sign,
  • hath no fight left,
  • with draw,
  • sur-renders,
  • sur rendering,
  • re signs,
  • with draws,
  • re treat,
  • has no fight left,
  • withdrew from agreement statement,
  • with-draws,
  • re-treating,
  • re treats,
  • sur-rendering,
  • having no fight left,
  • re-canted,
  • re-signed,
  • with drawn,
  • wimped out,
  • begging off,
  • with-draw,
  • re canting,
  • re-treated,
  • withdraws from agreement or statement,
  • gave ground,
  • withdraw from agreement statement,
  • re-treat,
  • hast no fight left,
  • wimping out,
  • withdrawing from agreement statement,
  • with-drawn,
  • haddest no fight left,
  • re signing,
  • re canted,
  • sur renders,
  • begs off,
  • withdrawing from agreement or statement,
  • with drawing,
  • with-drawing,
  • re signed,
  • sur rendered,
  • caved in,
  • re-treats.
  •dash (verb)
  • dis comfort,
  • dis comforted,
  • dis-mayed,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis-maying,
  • dis-comforted,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis comforting,
  • dis maying,
  • dis-comforting,
  • dis mayed.
  •decline (verb)
  • begged to be excused,
  • dont bought,
  • begs be excused,
  • begging be excused,
  • dont buys,
  • sends regrets,
  • dis-missed,
  • dis missing,
  • don't buys,
  • not accepts,
  • by passes,
  • re-probated,
  • by passed,
  • begs to be excused,
  • re fuses,
  • dis approving,
  • re fuse,
  • by pass,
  • re-fusing,
  • de-clines,
  • re fused,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • by passing,
  • begging to be excused,
  • dis-missing,
  • don't buying,
  • dis approves,
  • re probating,
  • re-probates,
  • dont buy,
  • re probates,
  • re-fuse,
  • dis missed,
  • de cline,
  • re-fused,
  • beg be excused,
  • dis-approving,
  • de-cline,
  • dis-approves,
  • re-fuses,
  • re fusing,
  • de clines,
  • not accepting,
  • dis approved,
  • begged be excused,
  • sent regrets,
  • don't bought,
  • re probate,
  • re-probating,
  • dis-approve,
  • sending regrets,
  • dis approve,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • dont buying,
  • re probated,
  • nixed,
  • re-probate,
  • dis-approved,
  • turned thumbs down.
  •defeat (verb)
  • dis-proved,
  • de-feats,
  • sur mount,
  • un done,
  • out witted,
  • co-oking,
  • dis proving,
  • sub jugate,
  • in validates,
  • dis prove,
  • counterplots,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • in-validate,
  • over turns,
  • de-feat,
  • sur-mounting,
  • de feats,
  • counter plot,
  • de feat,
  • take wind out sails,
  • casts down,
  • re-duce,
  • in-validating,
  • throws for loop,
  • co oking,
  • out witting,
  • sur mounting,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • counter-plotted,
  • sub-due,
  • in validate,
  • re-duces,
  • in validating,
  • causes setback,
  • takes wind out sails,
  • out-witted,
  • un does,
  • in-validated,
  • beating down,
  • puts end to,
  • took wind out sails,
  • un-does,
  • sub dues,
  • sub-dues,
  • beats system,
  • un-did,
  • caused setback,
  • co-oked,
  • causing setback,
  • sub-jugate,
  • beat system,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • sur-mounts,
  • co oked,
  • putting end to,
  • dis proves,
  • counter-plotting,
  • nosed out,
  • beats the system,
  • beating system,
  • re duces,
  • sur mounted,
  • in validated,
  • dis-proves,
  • counter plotted,
  • over-turning,
  • sur-mount,
  • sur-mounted,
  • throwing for loop,
  • counter plots,
  • noses out,
  • over-turn,
  • out-wits,
  • dis proved,
  • sur mounts,
  • out-witting,
  • threw for loop,
  • sub due,
  • out wits,
  • dis-proving,
  • out-wit,
  • un-doing,
  • re duce,
  • un did,
  • counter plotting,
  • beats down,
  • in-validates,
  • un doing,
  • nosing out,
  • counter-plots,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • beating the system,
  • over turning,
  • over-turns,
  • dis-prove.
  •demur (verb)
  • pro testing,
  • pro-tested,
  • hem haw,
  • pro tested,
  • wait see,
  • took exception,
  • pro-testing,
  • takes exception.
  •disappoint (verb)
  • dis heartens,
  • dis enchanting,
  • dis-satisfy,
  • dis-illusioned,
  • ruined prospects,
  • de-lude,
  • mis-carries,
  • comes nothing,
  • dis-heartened,
  • de ludes,
  • dis-enchanting,
  • not showing,
  • mis-leads,
  • dis enchants,
  • dis appointing,
  • dis illusioned,
  • fell short of,
  • coming to nothing,
  • brought naught,
  • brings naught,
  • dis illusions,
  • dashes hopes,
  • came to nothing,
  • leave the lurch,
  • mis-lead,
  • dis heartening,
  • bringing naught,
  • dis-heartens,
  • come nothing,
  • brought to naught,
  • dis illusion,
  • ruins prospects,
  • falling flat,
  • dis-heartening,
  • falling short of,
  • dis-enchants,
  • dis-satisfies,
  • dis appoints,
  • mis lead,
  • stands up,
  • falls short of,
  • comes to nothing,
  • dis-illusions,
  • dis enchant,
  • mis carried,
  • dis-appointed,
  • brings to naught,
  • dis satisfy,
  • dis-appoints,
  • not shows,
  • falls flat,
  • dis hearten,
  • mis carries,
  • mis-carry,
  • dis-appoint,
  • dis-satisfied,
  • came nothing,
  • dis satisfying,
  • dis appoint,
  • not showed,
  • ruining prospects,
  • dis-enchanted,
  • dis satisfied,
  • fell flat,
  • bring naught,
  • mis carry,
  • de-ludes,
  • dis-enchant,
  • dis-illusion,
  • mis-carried,
  • dis enchanted,
  • bringing to naught,
  • dis-appointing,
  • mis-leading,
  • falls down on,
  • dis-satisfying,
  • mis carrying,
  • fell down on,
  • dis heartened,
  • de lude,
  • coming nothing,
  • dis-hearten,
  • mis leading,
  • leave lurch,
  • falling down on,
  • dis appointed,
  • mis-carrying,
  • dis satisfies.
  •discomfit (verb)
  • dis countenanced,
  • de-moralizes,
  • un settles,
  • dis comfits,
  • over comes,
  • dis composed,
  • un-settling,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de-moralized,
  • over came,
  • dis-comfits,
  • un settle,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis-composing,
  • de-moralize,
  • dis-comfit,
  • un-settle,
  • dis comfit,
  • dis-countenances,
  • up setting,
  • de moralize,
  • over coming,
  • dis composes,
  • up-setting,
  • de moralizes,
  • de moralized,
  • un-settles,
  • de moralizing,
  • dis countenancing,
  • un settled,
  • over-comes,
  • over come,
  • dis composing,
  • dis-composed,
  • un-settled,
  • over-came,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis countenance,
  • dis-compose,
  • dis compose,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis-composes,
  • over-coming,
  • un settling.
  •disconcert (verb)
  • upsets apple cart,
  • gat to,
  • psychs out,
  • dis arranging,
  • dis-arranging,
  • un-balances,
  • be wildered,
  • be-wildered,
  • be-wildering,
  • be wilders,
  • dis-concerted,
  • un balance,
  • throwing off balance,
  • dis-arrange,
  • throw balance,
  • threw off balance,
  • dis concerts,
  • un balancing,
  • throws balance,
  • threw balance,
  • be-wilder,
  • dis-arranged,
  • un-balance,
  • be-wilders,
  • dis arranges,
  • dis concerted,
  • dis concert,
  • gotten to,
  • dis arranged,
  • un balances,
  • throwing balance,
  • dis-concert,
  • be wildering,
  • dis concerting,
  • upsetting apple cart,
  • un-balanced,
  • be wilder,
  • un-balancing,
  • psyching out,
  • dis arrange,
  • dis-arranges,
  • dis-concerts,
  • dis-concerting.
  •disobey (verb)
  • in fringe,
  • with-stands,
  • takes law in to own hands,
  • payed no attention to,
  • not heeds,
  • not minding,
  • counter acts,
  • took law into hands,
  • with-standing,
  • breaks rules,
  • in-fringing,
  • de-sert,
  • mis behaved,
  • broke rules,
  • in fringes,
  • insurrects,
  • wast remiss,
  • recalcitrated,
  • take law into hands,
  • dis-obeyed,
  • in-fringes,
  • flies in face of,
  • re-volt,
  • takes law into own hands,
  • re-volts,
  • mis behaves,
  • counter-acts,
  • taking law into hands,
  • rises arms,
  • wert remiss,
  • in fringed,
  • with stand,
  • went counter to,
  • paid no attention to,
  • paying no attention to,
  • rising arms,
  • recalcitrating,
  • taking law in to own hands,
  • rising in arms,
  • dis-agrees,
  • over-steps,
  • recalcitrates,
  • takes law into hands,
  • not minds,
  • flies face of,
  • going counter to,
  • dis agreed,
  • re volutions,
  • took law in to own hands,
  • mis-behave,
  • with stands,
  • took law into own hands,
  • flew in face of,
  • insurrected,
  • counter-acted,
  • counter act,
  • insurrecting,
  • counter acted,
  • art remiss,
  • counter-acting,
  • not listens,
  • re-volutions,
  • flying in face of,
  • over-stepped,
  • re volts,
  • am remiss,
  • being remiss,
  • with-stand,
  • goes counter to,
  • revolutioning,
  • counter acting,
  • in fringing,
  • took law in to hands,
  • dis-obeys,
  • rise arms,
  • flew face of,
  • dis obeying,
  • revolutioned,
  • rises in arms,
  • dis-obey,
  • in-fringed,
  • over stepped,
  • rose arms,
  • mis behaving,
  • dis obeyed,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • in-fringe,
  • fly face of,
  • taking law in to hands,
  • not listened,
  • dis agreeing,
  • was remiss,
  • take law in to own hands,
  • over steps,
  • dis agree,
  • counter-act,
  • brake rules,
  • are remiss,
  • pays no attention to,
  • with standing,
  • not minded,
  • rose in arms,
  • re-volution,
  • re volt,
  • dis obeys,
  • over-stepping,
  • over stepping,
  • takes law in to hands,
  • de sert,
  • dis agrees,
  • sets aside,
  • mis-behaves,
  • dis-agreed,
  • with stood,
  • mis-behaved,
  • breaking rules,
  • were remiss,
  • flying face of,
  • dis obey,
  • mis behave,
  • dis-obeying,
  • taking law into own hands,
  • dis-agree,
  • is remiss,
  • take law in to hands,
  • mis-behaving.
  •dissent (verb)
  • dis cords,
  • flying in the face of,
  • saying no way,
  • says not a chance,
  • flies the face of,
  • dis corded,
  • puts up an argument,
  • dis accord,
  • dis-sents,
  • dis-sent,
  • flies in the face of,
  • says not chance,
  • puts up a fight,
  • putting argument,
  • flying the face of,
  • said no way,
  • puts a fight,
  • putting up a fight,
  • dis-accord,
  • putting fight,
  • puts up fight,
  • puts argument,
  • dis-cording,
  • putting up fight,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis sent,
  • says nothing doing,
  • say not chance,
  • put argument,
  • flew in the face of,
  • puts up argument,
  • dis-accorded,
  • flew the face of,
  • fly the face of,
  • putting up argument,
  • putting a fight,
  • dis accorded,
  • said not a chance,
  • dis-accords,
  • put an argument,
  • says no way,
  • dis cord,
  • saying not a chance,
  • put a fight,
  • dis sents,
  • putting an argument,
  • saying nothing doing,
  • said nothing doing,
  • dis cording,
  • dis-corded,
  • dis-according,
  • puts fight,
  • dis according,
  • saying not chance,
  • putting up an argument,
  • said not chance,
  • dis-cord,
  • puts an argument,
  • dis accords,
  • put fight.
  •do out of (verb)
  • beating out of,
  • beats out of.
  •evade (verb)
  • begs question,
  • leads on a merry chase,
  • begs the question,
  • leading on a merry chase,
  • leading merry chase,
  • fended off,
  • keeping distance,
  • giving runaround,
  • gets around,
  • gotten around,
  • begged question,
  • led on merry chase,
  • led a merry chase,
  • leading a merry chase,
  • pre-tended,
  • leads a merry chase,
  • leads merry chase,
  • kept distance,
  • gave runaround,
  • lead on merry chase,
  • give runaround,
  • lead merry chase,
  • keeps distance,
  • led merry chase,
  • steers clear of,
  • beats around bush,
  • lays low,
  • steered clear of,
  • sneaks away,
  • gives the runaround,
  • led on a merry chase,
  • snuck away,
  • sneaked away,
  • leads on merry chase,
  • got around,
  • beating around bush,
  • pre tends,
  • sneaking away,
  • laying low,
  • pre tend,
  • leading on merry chase,
  • slips out,
  • begged the question,
  • slipped out,
  • beg question,
  • passes up,
  • pre-tends,
  • gave the runaround,
  • gives runaround,
  • pre-tending,
  • slipping out,
  • giving the runaround,
  • lead a merry chase,
  • passing up,
  • gat around,
  • pre tending,
  • slipt out,
  • begging question.
  •flinch (verb)
  • re cedes,
  • re ceding,
  • re-tire,
  • re-cede,
  • re-tiring,
  • re-ceded,
  • re-ceding,
  • re tired,
  • re tire,
  • re tiring,
  • re-cedes,
  • re tires.
  •foil (verb)
  • gave the run around,
  • giving the slip,
  • re-strain,
  • upsets the apple cart,
  • gave the slip,
  • giving run around,
  • re strained,
  • re strains,
  • shuffling off,
  • upsetting the apple cart,
  • buffaloing,
  • gives slip,
  • hangs up,
  • shuffles off,
  • giving the run around,
  • giving run-around,
  • give run-around,
  • bollixes,
  • gives run around,
  • running circles around,
  • throwing monkey wrench in,
  • gave slip,
  • ran circles around,
  • give slip,
  • giving slip,
  • hanging up,
  • re strain,
  • giving the run-around,
  • juked,
  • gives the run-around,
  • gave run around,
  • threw monkey wrench in,
  • throws monkey wrench in,
  • re-strains,
  • runs circles around,
  • gives run-around,
  • re-strained,
  • ran rings around,
  • shuffled off,
  • juking,
  • re straining,
  • gives the run around,
  • hanged up,
  • runs rings around,
  • re-straining,
  • gives the slip,
  • gave run-around,
  • running rings around,
  • gave the run-around.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • dashes hope,
  • fore-stalls,
  • cramped one style,
  • dashing ones hope,
  • de pressed,
  • cramping style,
  • cramps one's style,
  • cramping ones style,
  • de presses,
  • dashed one hope,
  • de press,
  • de pressing,
  • dashes one's hope,
  • dashes ones hope,
  • dashing hope,
  • fore stall,
  • cramping one style,
  • dashing one hope,
  • dash ones hope,
  • cramps one style,
  • renders null void,
  • fore stalls,
  • cramp one style,
  • dis courages,
  • dash one hope,
  • fore-stalled,
  • fore-stall,
  • render null void,
  • cramped ones style,
  • dis courage,
  • cramped one's style,
  • de-presses,
  • de-pressed,
  • cramps style,
  • cramps ones style,
  • dash hope,
  • dis-courages,
  • dashes one hope,
  • renders null and void,
  • de-press,
  • dashing one's hope,
  • de-pressing,
  • cramped style,
  • fore stalled,
  • dashed ones hope,
  • rendering null void,
  • fore stalling,
  • fore-stalling,
  • dis-courage,
  • upset applecart,
  • rendered null and void,
  • cramp ones style,
  • rendered null void,
  • cramping one's style,
  • rendering null and void,
  • dashed one's hope.
  •gag (verb)
  • putting lid on,
  • re-pressing,
  • tongueties,
  • puts the lid on,
  • de aden,
  • taping up,
  • tapes up,
  • kept the lid on,
  • re-presses,
  • re pressing,
  • de-aden,
  • kept lid on,
  • puts lid on,
  • tonguetie,
  • taped up,
  • tongue tied,
  • keeps lid on,
  • de-adens,
  • re pressed,
  • tongue-tying,
  • keeping lid on,
  • re press,
  • tonguetied,
  • tongue-ties,
  • corks up,
  • keeping the lid on,
  • tongue ties,
  • tongue tying,
  • putting the lid on,
  • tonguetying,
  • keeps the lid on,
  • re presses,
  • de adens.
  •halt (verb)
  • blows whistle on,
  • brought to end,
  • blowing whistle on,
  • calling it a day,
  • cooling it,
  • brings to an end,
  • calls a day,
  • puts a cork in,
  • came an end,
  • called a day,
  • coming to an end,
  • bring standstill,
  • comes to end,
  • calls it a day,
  • calls it day,
  • brought an end,
  • brought to standstill,
  • blowing the whistle on,
  • came to an end,
  • drops anchor,
  • brings an end,
  • putting cork in,
  • bringing to an end,
  • dropt anchor,
  • call it day,
  • coming to end,
  • holds bay,
  • come end,
  • held bay,
  • put cork in,
  • dropped anchor,
  • comes end,
  • bringing an end,
  • re-sting,
  • bringing to end,
  • bring an end,
  • holding at bay,
  • bringing end,
  • ceases fire,
  • re sting,
  • hold bay,
  • cools it,
  • bringing standstill,
  • calling a day,
  • blew whistle on,
  • ceased fire,
  • brought standstill,
  • call day,
  • calling it day,
  • brings to standstill,
  • blows the whistle on,
  • holding bay,
  • comes an end,
  • stands still,
  • blew the whistle on,
  • bring end,
  • holds at bay,
  • intermits,
  • cooled it,
  • stood still,
  • brings end,
  • puts cork in,
  • ceasing fire,
  • called it day,
  • closes down,
  • come to end,
  • called it a day,
  • comes to an end,
  • putting a cork in,
  • brings to end,
  • held at bay,
  • calling day,
  • brought end,
  • brought to an end,
  • come an end,
  • brings standstill,
  • called day,
  • came to end,
  • came end,
  • bringing to standstill,
  • coming end,
  • coming an end,
  • calls day.
  •hamper (verb)
  • tying hands,
  • gotten way,
  • gat way,
  • getting way,
  • drags ones feet,
  • gat in way,
  • dragged feet,
  • ties hands,
  • tie ones hands,
  • in-conveniences,
  • tie one hands,
  • gets in way,
  • getting the way,
  • got in way,
  • in-convenience,
  • dragging one's feet,
  • get the way,
  • drags feet,
  • tying ones hands,
  • dragging ones feet,
  • dragging one feet,
  • gotten in the way,
  • getting in the way,
  • ties ones hands,
  • gat the way,
  • got in the way,
  • gotten in way,
  • dragged one feet,
  • tied ones hands,
  • tying one hands,
  • gets way,
  • tying one's hands,
  • gotten the way,
  • got the way,
  • ties one hands,
  • getting in way,
  • slows down,
  • in conveniences,
  • slowing down,
  • tie hands,
  • got way,
  • tied one's hands,
  • dragging feet,
  • tied one hands,
  • gets the way,
  • drags one's feet,
  • drag one feet,
  • tied hands,
  • get way,
  • gat in the way,
  • dragged one's feet,
  • dragged ones feet,
  • ties one's hands,
  • get in way,
  • drags one feet,
  • gets in the way,
  • drag ones feet.
  •handcuff (verb)
  • incing.
  •hesitate (verb)
  • falter,
  • wait,
  • pause,
  • shrink,
  • delay.
  •hinder (verb)
  • de barred,
  • de-barred,
  • de barring,
  • boxing in,
  • de bar,
  • de-bar,
  • de-barring,
  • de-bars,
  • snafuing,
  • boxed in,
  • de bars.
  •hog-tie (verb)
  • hog tie.
  •perplex (verb)
  • be-fuddled,
  • be fuddled,
  • be-sets,
  • be-fuddles,
  • sur-prising,
  • sur prises,
  • snarls up,
  • muddied waters,
  • muddies waters,
  • sur-prise,
  • snarling up,
  • be-fuddle,
  • be fuddles,
  • be-set,
  • be fuddling,
  • sur-prised,
  • muddying the waters,
  • sur prise,
  • be-setting,
  • be-fuddling,
  • muddying waters,
  • sur prising,
  • muddied the waters,
  • be sets,
  • sur-prises,
  • muddies the waters,
  • be fuddle,
  • be setting.
  •prevent (verb)
  • inter-dict,
  • pre vent,
  • putting a stop to,
  • re-strict,
  • defended against,
  • pre vents,
  • pre vented,
  • putting an end to,
  • pre-vents,
  • pre-vented,
  • forfending,
  • putting stop to,
  • nip in bud,
  • re strict,
  • puts an end to,
  • pre venting,
  • forfended,
  • defends against,
  • puts stop to,
  • nip the bud,
  • turns aside,
  • inter cept,
  • nip bud,
  • pre-venting,
  • forfends,
  • defending against,
  • inter-cept,
  • inter dict,
  • puts a stop to,
  • pre-vent.
  •recoil (verb)
  • re coiled,
  • re-coils,
  • steps back,
  • re-acting,
  • re acting,
  • re-bounds,
  • stepped back,
  • re bounding,
  • re-bounded,
  • re coils,
  • re-bounding,
  • re-bound,
  • resiles,
  • re bounded,
  • stepping back,
  • re-coiled,
  • re coiling,
  • re-coiling,
  • Resiled,
  • re-coil,
  • Resiling,
  • re coil,
  • re bound,
  • re acted,
  • re bounds,
  • re-acted.
  •retard (verb)
  • chokes off,
  • bringing screeching halt,
  • de creases,
  • closes off,
  • slowing up,
  • post pones,
  • de-tains,
  • de tains,
  • de-creased,
  • retardated,
  • de-tain,
  • brought to screeching halt,
  • bringing to screeching halt,
  • de creased,
  • brings screeching halt,
  • retardating,
  • de-creases,
  • post pone,
  • de creasing,
  • de crease,
  • de-creasing,
  • post-pones,
  • de tain,
  • brings to screeching halt,
  • slows up,
  • de-crease,
  • bring screeching halt,
  • brought screeching halt.
  •stop short (verb)
  • desist,
  • dodge,
  • cramp,
  • crimp,
  • shy,
  • shrink from,
  • refuse,
  • shirk.
  •stymie (verb)
  • puts back burner,
  • threw monkey wrench in to,
  • throwing a monkey wrench in to,
  • throwing a monkey wrench into,
  • throws a monkey wrench into,
  • hung fire,
  • put back burner,
  • snookers,
  • putting hold,
  • throw monkey wrench into,
  • throw monkey wrench in to,
  • deadending,
  • throws a monkey wrench in to,
  • dead ending,
  • putting on back burner,
  • throws monkey wrench into,
  • puts on hold,
  • deadend,
  • dead-ending,
  • throwing monkey wrench in to,
  • dead ended,
  • throw a monkey wrench in to,
  • throws monkey wrench in to,
  • put hold,
  • throwing monkey wrench into,
  • dead-ended,
  • snookering,
  • threw monkey wrench into,
  • threw a monkey wrench in to,
  • deadended,
  • hanged fire,
  • puts hold,
  • puts on back burner,
  • deadends,
  • threw a monkey wrench into,
  • putting back burner.
  •temporize (verb)
  • stalling for time,
  • stalled for time,
  • stalls for time.
  •thwart (verb)
  • circumvent,
  • ruin,
  • counteract,
  • bar,
  • beat,
  • obstruct,
  • stall,
  • stop,
  • throw a curve,
  • baffle,
  • forestall.
  •traverse (verb)
  • dis affirm,
  • dis affirmed,
  • going against,
  • dis-affirming,
  • went against,
  • dis-affirms,
  • goes against,
  • dis affirms,
  • dis affirming,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • duelled,
  • dis-affirm.
  •weasel (verb)
  • tap danced,
  • wormed ones way out of,
  • dancing around an issue,
  • worming one's way out of,
  • worming one way out of,
  • beats around the bush,
  • dance around issue,
  • danced around issue,
  • wormed one's way out of,
  • dances around issue,
  • wormed way out of,
  • dancing around issue,
  • worm ones way out of,
  • worms one's way out of,
  • dances around an issue,
  • worming way out of,
  • danced around an issue,
  • worms way out of,
  • worm way out of,
  • worm one way out of,
  • wormed one way out of,
  • worms ones way out of,
  • worming ones way out of,
  • worms one way out of.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ground out,
  • spring training,
  • ball boy,
  • at-bat,
  • deign,
  • unearned,
  • scorn,
  • baseball,
  • pop fly,
  • home plate,
  • homer,
  • foul line,
  • grand slam,
  • double-header,
  • ground ball,
  • rbi,
  • infield,
  • ball girl,
  • home run,
  • disinclination,
  • inning,
  • fly ball,
  • fastball,
  • bunt,
  • grounder,
  • hardball,
  • bullpen,
  • left field,
  • line drive,
  • strikeout,
  • double play,
  • box score,
  • right field,
  • outfield,
  • pinch-hit,
  • sinker,
  • curve ball,
  • batboy.
  •
  • disappointment,
  • baseline,
  • mound,
  • hr,
  • mitt,
  • slam,
  • ballpark,
  • grudge,
  • repel,
  • checkmate,
  • squeeze play,
  • leadoff,
  • bat.
  •
  • first base,
  • spitball,
  • hit-and-run,
  • steal,
  • pop up,
  • diamond,
  • curve,
  • ball,
  • park,
  • stump.
  •
  • rubber,
  • retire,
  • triple,
  • single.
  •
  • left,
  • sacrifice.
  •
  • home,
  • strike out.
  •
  • wind up.
  •
  • tag,
  • cross,
  • top.
  •
  • strike,
  • walk.
  •
  • base.
  •
  • catch,
  • pitch.
  •
  • double,
  • HIT.
  •
  • run.
  •
  • out.
  •back down
  • Withdrew,
  • gave in,
  • cave in,
  • beg off,
  • giving ground,
  • pulls back,
  • retreating,
  • go back on,
  • caves in,
  • have no fight left,
  • holds back,
  • pull back,
  • pulling back,
  • gives ground,
  • withdraw from agreement or statement,
  • back pedal,
  • give ground,
  • caving in,
  • pulled back,
  • wimp out.
  •back off
  • back down.
  •defeat
  • Blanking,
  • counter-plot,
  • squash,
  • casting down,
  • beat the system,
  • beat down,
  • cast down,
  • neutralize,
  • skunked,
  • shellac,
  • outwitting,
  • Blanked,
  • Counterplotting,
  • put end to,
  • nose out,
  • out wit,
  • counterplot,
  • throw for loop,
  • Squashing,
  • Counterplotted,
  • skunking,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • cause setback,
  • over turn.
  •disagree
  • dissent.
  •disappoint
  • not show,
  • fall down on,
  • fall short of,
  • founders,
  • stand up,
  • come to nothing,
  • leave in lurch,
  • ruin prospects,
  • stood up,
  • embitter,
  • dash hopes,
  • standing up,
  • dashed hopes,
  • dashing hopes,
  • fall flat,
  • disenchanting,
  • disenchants,
  • bring to naught,
  • disenchant.
  •disobey
  • insurrect,
  • break rules,
  • overstep,
  • infringe,
  • Transgressed,
  • go counter to,
  • not heeding,
  • not heed,
  • Mutinied,
  • pay no attention to,
  • recalcitrate,
  • not listen,
  • not listening,
  • fly in face of,
  • setting aside,
  • not heeded,
  • take law into own hands,
  • not mind,
  • mutiny,
  • rise in arms,
  • Revolutionizing,
  • be remiss.
  •flinch
  • Flinched.
  •gag
  • Garroting,
  • cork up,
  • garrotes,
  • corking,
  • corked,
  • tongue-tie,
  • put the lid on,
  • tongue tie,
  • corking up,
  • corked up,
  • put lid on,
  • garrote,
  • keep the lid on,
  • tape up,
  • Garroted.
  •hesitate
  • think about,
  • hold off,
  • Stammered,
  • thinking about,
  • sit on fence,
  • think twice,
  • thinking twice,
  • Floundered,
  • be unwilling,
  • thinks about,
  • stutter,
  • Hesitated,
  • dithering,
  • dithered,
  • be reluctant,
  • thought about,
  • be irresolute.
  •hinder
  • bottlenecked,
  • bottlenecking,
  • box in,
  • boxes in,
  • snafued,
  • hinders.
  •recoil
  • turning away,
  • step back,
  • wince,
  • turned away,
  • turns away,
  • turn away,
  • Winced,
  • resile,
  • react.
  •stave
  • stave.
  •stymie
  • hang fire,
  • put on back burner,
  • dead-ends,
  • dead-end,
  • snookered,
  • hangs fire,
  • put on hold,
  • putting on hold,
  • throw a monkey wrench into,
  • snooker,
  • hanging fire.
  •temporize
  • stall for time.
  •traverse
  • Negatived,
  • Negativing,
  • go against,
  • dueled,
  • duelling,
  • Dueling.

Antonyms for Balk:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    break, boost, edge, stimulus, spur, handmaiden, benefit, advantage, assistance, goad, incentive, impetus, stimulant, help, aid, catalyst.

• v.

  • stop short
    face, accept, ok, meet.
  • thwart
    encourage, advance, lose, inspirit, let go, promote, abet, facilitate, permit, assist, support, surrender, allow.

Balk Sentence Examples:

• Even where they had been apparently successful and succeeded in capturing the political control of states, they found the money power still able by a thousand indirect influences to balk their efforts and turn their seeming victories into apples of Sodom, which became ashes in the hands of those who would pluck them.

Homophones for Balk:

• black eye, bee-like, bowleg, blowsy, blighia, bloch, balochi, bullace, blue-sky, balky, blackish, belgique, blase, ball cock, black ice, blackwash, bullocky, blue sky, bowelless, bilges, blackcock, biologic, blue jack, boylike, blue jay, blaze, baulk, bulge, bollix, Byblos, black haw, Belloc, by luck, blow gas, blowzy, bollocks, Bluejack Oak, bubulcus, bolshie, bibulous, blouse, blueish, bowls, block, biloxi, black cohosh, belize, blue goose, bulky, bleach, Blok, bullish, billhook, blackjack, baluchi, ball hawk, blackjack oak, ballcock, baby-like, balzac, blissus, blue sage, black ash, blocky, blue cohosh, babelike, bailiwick, blue-lilac, black cock, bluish, ballock, black oak, bulk, bilious, blush, bilk, bellyache, blues, bollock, bilge, black sea, blockage, bolshy, blaze away, belly laugh, bibless, black sage, biology, bubalus, bliss, bellicose, bullock, bow legs, blockish, belike, balsa, balalaika, baby blue-eyes, blue ash, Black Hawk, bloc, bolus, blue joke, blue cheese, bellylaugh, bloke, blockhouse, bowels, belch, bellis, boulez, bless, beluga, Bela Lugosi, bleak, balas, blog, black, bellows, blake, bilgy, bulgy, bellyless, blahs, bow leg, bligh.

Holonyms for Balk:

• n.

  • location
    pool table, billiard table, snooker table.

Hyponym for Balk:

• n.

  • act
    delivery, pitch.
  • location
    expanse, area, surface area.

• v.

  • social
    disobey.