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Balking   /bˈɔkɪŋ/   Listen
Balking

adjective
1.
Stopping short and refusing to go on.  Synonym: balky.  "A balky mule" , "A balky customer"






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"Balking" Quotes from Famous Books



... conservatives had at first hooted down the idea of iron ships, asserting they would never float, so they now decried the use of the screw propeller. Indeed there was no denying that this innovation presented to shipbuilders a multitude of new and balking problems. While the clipper ships had greatly improved the designs of vessels the stern was still their weakest point and now, in addition to this already existing difficulty, came the new conundrums presented by the pitch, or full turn of the thread, in the screw ...
— Steve and the Steam Engine • Sara Ware Bassett



Words linked to "Balking" :   intractable



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