1. • noun - the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
   • noun - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
   • noun - one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
   • noun - an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
   • verb - refuse to comply
2. • To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump.
   • To refuse obstinately or abruptly: She balked at the very idea of compromise.
   • To make an incomplete or misleading motion.
   • To make an illegal motion before pitching, allowing one or more base runners to advance one base.
   • To put obstacles in the way of; check or thwart.
   • To let go by; miss.
   • A hindrance, check, or defeat.
   • An incomplete or misleading motion, especially an illegal move made by a baseball pitcher.
   • One of the spaces between the cushion and the balk line on a billiard table.
   • An unplowed strip of land.
   • A ridge between furrows.
   • A wooden beam or rafter.
3. • v - to stop short and refuse to proceed

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