Baulk

Definitions: Baulk

Baulk

Noun

1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.

Verb

1. Refuse to comply.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "baulk" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Military

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Baulk

Crosswords: Baulk

Manx (longline).

Expressions using "baulk": baulk line ♦ peeler baulk. Additional references.

Albanian

tra (axletree, balk, joist, stock, timber), rrip toke i papunuar (balk), pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), pengesë (balk, bar, barrier, block, boom, chock, clog, cramp, crash barrier, cumber, detention, difficulty, dike, disadvantage, drag, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, jamming, liability, manacle, mash, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, pullback, retardation, retardment, rub, setback, stay, stoppage, stumbling block, stumbling-stone, stunt, traverse, trip up), ndaloj (arrest, balk, ban, bar, block, break down, cease, challenge, close down, come to a halt, debar, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, impede, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, pull up, stall, stop, tackle, withhold), gafë (balk, bloomer, blunder, Boner, faux pas, gaffe, gross fault, howler, slip), gabim (balk, boob, delinquency, delusion, error, fallacy, false step, fault, flub, frailty, gaffe, lapse, Lapsus, misdoing, Miss, misstep, mistake, slip, slip up, trip), faull (balk, fault, foul, hack). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عارضة خشبية (batten, girder, springer, timber), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏خفق (beat, beating, bust, collapse, come, come to grief, dilute, fall, fizzle out, flap, flummox, flunk, go by the board, go wrong, goof, misfire, miss, muddle, pit-a-pat, pound, pulsate, pulsation, throb, whip), ‏إخفاق (bust, deadlock, failure, fizzle out, frost, lemon, miscarriage, miss, screw, setback, smash, turkey, unsuccess, wall, wrack), ‏أعاق (clog, disserve, fix, hamper, obstacle, obstruct, traverse). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сепвам се (flinch, start), спънка (backset, balk, countercheck, cramp, difficulty, drawback, hindrance, hitch, hobble, impediment, interference, interruption, kink, liability, manacle, obstacle, preclusion, pull back, setback, shoal, stumbling block), греда (balk, beam, spar, tie, timber), преча (balk, collar, detain, hinder, interfere, interrupt, intrude, put off), ивица между две бразди (balk, rib). (various references)

Danish

bjaelke (balk, bearer, float, float lever, floater, longeron, spar), bjælke (balk, beam, bearer, flagpole, girder, girder beam, joist, solid web). (various references)

Dutch

balk (balk, beam, boom, cuboid, flagpole, girder, girder beam, joist, pole, rectangular parallelepiped, simple beam, simply-supported beam, solid web), vierkant bekapt of bezaagd hout (balk). (various references)

Finnish

tukki (balk, beam, billet, bolt, log, stock), pelkka (balk, cant). (various references)

French

bille (balk, ball), terre non labourée (balk), solive (balk), s'arrêter (balk), reculer (back, back away, backing, balk, bush back, give back, move back, rein back, stand back, step back, turn back, walk back, walk backwards), premier débit (balk), hésiter (balk), contrecarrer (balk), cloisonnement (balic, balk), cloison (baffle, balic, balk), équarri de grande section transversale (balk). (various references)

German

Balken (arbor, balk, balks, bar, baulks, beam, corpus callosum, fesse, flagpole, girder, joist, limb, prop, rail, rectangular timber, scantling, shore, squared timber, timber). (various references)

Greek 

ενδιάμεσον χέρσον (balic, balk, box-ridge, tie-ridge), τράβα,τετραγωνισμένος κορμός μεγάλης εγκαρσίας τομής (balk), � ρώτη επέμβαση πρώτη κοπή (balk). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעצור (balk, block, brake, check, curb, hindrance, inhibition, jam, obstacle, rein, restraint, stopper, trammel), מכשול (balk, bar, drawback, hindrance, hitch, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, pitfall, snag, stumbling block), מ� יע�" (balk, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, prevention, prophylaxis, refusal, stop), לשים מכשול (balk, hamper, obstruct), לסכל (baffle, balk, circumvent, foil, frustrate, make foolish, stultify, thwart), לסרב ל�"תק�"ם (balk). (various references)

Hungarian

mestergerenda (balk, binder, girder, principal). (various references)

Italian

bordonale (balk), blocco da rifenditura (balk), interruzione di solco a girapoggio (balic, balk, box-ridge, tie-ridge). (various references)

Pig Latin

aulkbay

Portuguese

barrote (balk, beam, girder, joist, log, rafter, spar, square-sawn timber, stud, timber). (various references)

Romanian

brazdã (balk, bed, clod, furrow, list, rut, swath, trace, track, turf, wake), se sustrage (abscond, absent oneself from, back, balk, evade, shrink away, skulk, wriggle), se opune (antagonize, balk, contravene, counter, oppose, repugn, stand, take exception to, traverse), pierde (balk, blunder away, cast away, chuck away, consume, dally away, disappear, drop, lose, lose out, Miss, muddle away, relinquish, ruin, spill, throw away, waste), opri (abate, abstain, arrest, balk, bar, break, bring to, bring to a stop, call off, circumvent, clog, collar, contain, curb, cut off, deflate, delay, discontinue, end, estop, forbear, forbid, foreclose, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interdict, keep back, phase out, prohibit, pull up, put a stopper on, put out, quench, restrain, retain, shut out, snag, staunch, stay, stem, stop, strangle, subside, taboo, withhold), omite (balk, forget, jump, leave, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit, retrench), hat (balk, snap), grindã (balk, beam, girder, joist, log, timber), grãmãdi (balk), fi nãrav (balk), evita (avoid, balk, berth, by pass, clear, dodge, elide, elude, escape, eschew, evade, finesse, fly, forbear, keep from, Parry, pass off, put off, save, shun, spare), deziluzie (balk, disappointment, disillusion, disillusionment), dejuca (baffle, balk, counterwork, defeat, disappoint, discomfit, foil, frustrate, shatter, thwart), contracara (balk, counter, counteract, countervail, counterwork, cross, thwart), împiedica (arrest, back, balk, block, brake, check, circumvent, clog, delay, detain, deter, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamper, help, hinder, hitch, hobble, hold, hopple, impede, inhibit, intercept, lock, obstruct, prevent, put on the brakes, restrain, shackle, shut out, snag, stay, stop, trammel, withhold). (various references)

Russian 

задерживать (arrest, balk, block, defer, delay, delayed, detain, hold over, impede, keep, keep down, retard, stall, stop, suspends), артачиться (confront, persist, resist, stand up to, withstand), бревно (balk, beam, girder, log), балка (balk, beam, girder, jig, ledger, raft, truss), препятствие (balk, barrier, block, check, clog, contrariety, countercheck, discouragement, disincentive, drawback, encumbrance, hedge, holdback, hurdle, impediment, leap, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, pull back, setback, traverse). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sprečiti (arrest, avert, balk, debar, disenable, forestall, head off, hinder, impeach, impede, inhibit, keep from, preclude, prevent, scotch), sprečavanje (balk, control, prevention), prepreka (ado, balk, bar, barrage, barrier, difficulty, drag, drawback, hang up, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impeachment, impediment, liability, obstacle, obstruction, set back, setback, snag, static, trammel, traverse), povući se (draw back, fall back, lose ground, pull back, pull out, retreat, stand down), odustati (abjure, backtrack, drop, drop out, give up, lay off, pass up, quit, recede, remise, scratch, withdraw), nedozvoljen pokret. (various references)

Spanish

viga de gran sección transversal (balk), viga (arbor, balk, beam, bearer, crossbeam, gantry, girder, joist, rafter, scantling, stillage(Australia and South Africa), timber), relinga superior (balk), plantarse (balk, jib, refuse, stick), perder (balk, blunder away, drop, forfeit, have away, idle away, loiter away, lose, lose out, mislay, misplace, miss, misspend, muff, pip, ruin, shed, unmeet, waste), obstaculizar (balk, block), obstáculo (balk, bar, barrier, block, blockage, cave, cramps, cumber, drag, handicap, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, let, marplot, objection, obstacle, obstruction, preventer, pullback, screen, trouble, vapor barrier), negarse (balk, decline, walk away), frustrar (baffle, balk, blight, defeat, foil, frustrate, mock, scotch, scupper, thwart, to foil), evitar (avert, avoid, balk, bypass, circumvent, elude, escape, eschew, evade, exclude, guard against, keep away, obviate, preclude, prevent, provide, save, shirk, shut out, sidestep, spare, stave off, ward off), entresurco (balic, balk, box-ridge, cast-off unploughed strip, dead furrow, earth furrow, finish, open furrow, sole furrow, tie-ridge), cachón (balk), caballón (balk, border, ridge), cabaña (balk, cabana, cabin, cottage, hootch, hovel, hut, livestock, livestock population, stock). (various references)

Swedish

bjälke (balk, beam, beam box, casing, girder, joist, log), skyddszon (balic, balk, box-ridge, tie-ridge), hindra (balk, bar, clog, constrain, contain, cramp, cross, cumber, curb, detain, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hamstring, hedge, hinder, impede, inhibit, interfere with, keep back, obstruct, occlude, preclude, prevent, put back, short circuit, snag, stay, stymie, trammel, traverse). (various references)

Thai

ไม่เต็มใจทำ (hold back). (various references)

Turkish

başarısızlık (abortion, balk, bankruptcy, bomb, bust, collapse, cropper, defeat, dud, failure, fizzle, flivver, frost, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, miscarriage, reverse, setback, throwback, unsuccess, washout), sürülmemiş tarla, kiriş (balk, beam, bowstring, catgut, chord, girder, gut, joist, ligament, rafter, rib, sinew, span, string, stringcourse, Stringer, tendinous, tendon, tie, tie beam, timber, traverse, wire), ket (balk, clog, obstacle), kaçınmak (abstain, avoid, balk, beg, beware, chicken out, dodge, elude, eschew, evade, flee, flee from, flinch, forbear, funk, get out of, keep clear of, refrain, refuse, shirk, short circuit, shun, sidestep, spare, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, steer clear of, Stow), inatla yürümemek (balk), inat etmek (balk, balk at, be obstinate, persist, recalcitrate, stickle), hata (balk, blemish, delinquency, demerit, error, failing, false step, falsity, fault, faux pas, flaw, floater, fluff, gaffe, goof, imperfection, inaccuracy, lapse, mistake, slip, slip up, stumble, trip, wrong, wrongness), engellemek (balk, bar, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cross, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, save, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), durdurmak (abort, arrest, block, bring short, call a halt, call off, cease, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, collar, Crimp, deactivate, discontinue, draw up, give over, halt, hold back, hold up, intercept, intermit, jam, jugulate, lock, paralyse, paralyze, pull in, pull up, put a stop to, shut off, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, still, stop, Stow, suppress, suspend), duraksamak (balk, come to a stop, dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, hobble, hover, pause, vibrate, waver), duraksama (demur, halt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, hobble, stop), ayak diremek (balk, balk at, insist, jib, put one's foot down, refuse, shuffle, shuffle one's feet). (various references)

Ukranian 

перешкоджати (baffle, balk, bar, barrier in, block, check, clog, counteract, cumber, debar, discourage, forbid, handicap, impede, inhibit, militate, prevent, set back, tie up, trammel). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật chướng ngại (balk, impedient, obstacle), sự cản trở dải đất chừa ra không c� y x� nh� bỏ lỡ mất (balk), cơ hội tốt (balk). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "baulk": baulked, baulkier, baulkiest, baulking, baulks, baulky. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Baulk" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bajuli, bakula, baluch, balum, baual, baul, Baulch, bauld, Bekulo, Bhaluk, Bifulco, biul, Bokulo, buak, bulaki, buluk, buzuluk. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: balk, bulk.

-2 letters: alb, auk, bal, kab, lab.

-3 letters: ab, al, ba, ka, la.

+1 letter: baulks, baulky.

+2 letters: baulked, blaubok, bulkage, bulwark.

+3 letters: backhaul, baulkier, baulking, blackgum, blackout, blauboks, bluejack, bucktail, bulkages, bulkhead, bulwarks, fullback, kabeljou, kilobaud, pullback.

+4 letters: backhauls, basketful, baulkiest, blackgums, blackouts, bluejacks, bucktails, buckyball, bulkheads, bulwarked, fullbacks, kabeljous, kilobauds, multibank, parbuckle, pullbacks, quillback, unlikable, walkabout.

+5 letters: backhauled, basketfuls, basketsful, blackguard, bluejacket, buckyballs, bulwarking, lumberjack, parbuckled, parbuckles, quillbacks, turtleback, unknowable, unshakable, unshakably, unsinkable, unslakable, unworkable, walkabouts.

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