Balk
noun
- 1.
- ការរួញរា
verb — past tense: balked ; past participle: balked ; present participle: balking ;
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ជំទាស់, រារាំង
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) រួញរា, រា, ទុច, ប្រឆាំង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- 2.
- A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
- 3.
- A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.
- 4.
- A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.
- 5.
- A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
verb — past tense: balked ; past participle: balked ; present participle: balking ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To leave or make balks in.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; as, to balk expectation.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- 8.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.
- 9.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.