baulk
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [bɔːɫk]
Audio (UK): (file) - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /bɔk/, [bɔɫk]
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
baulk (plural baulks)
Verb
baulk (third-person singular simple present baulks, present participle baulking, simple past and past participle baulked)
- (British) Alternative spelling of balk
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XII:
- What made those holes and rents / In the dock's harsh swarth leaves, bruised as to baulk / All hope of greenness?
- 1952, Daphne du Maurier, “Monte Verità”, in The Apple Tree:
- As he talked, slowly, quietly, I had the impression that it must surely be an accident that had happened, but that his mind, unhinged by tragedy, baulked at Anna’s death.
- 2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Is there relief to congestion along Castlefield Corridor?”, in Rail, page 22:
- What wasn't done was the second part of the work to add Piccadilly's two new through platforms. The Department for Transport baulked at Network Rail's price, but nonetheless May 2018's timetable increased services to 15tph. Punctuality dropped.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XII: