- intransitive verb
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- to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually fol. by at): He balked at making the speech. [Webster]
- noun
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- thick, roughly-squared wooden beam [Barron]
- verb
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- to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle; block [Taisha]
- obstacle purposely to get on the way of [Smirnov]
- stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate [Nandigam]
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