balk [or baulk]2

    transitive verb
  1. [thwart] contrariar, frustrar.
  2. [miss] perdre, no aprofitar.
    3. intransitive verb
  3. [stop] parar-se en sec, aturar-se bruscament.
  4. [horse] plantar-se (at davant).
  5. he balked at this es va negar a considerar això.


    6. Vegeu també:
    balk1