balking adjective 5noun 1forms 3 adjective5 •That balks. •That refuses to cooperate or fails to behave in the desired and expected manner.Before this occurrence taught me the better way, I was quite prone, in dealing with a balking boy, to hold his mind upon the subject of balking. — 1917 •Tending to thwart or impede; frustrating.For these, the ground chosen was especially hard and slippery, and in bad condition; and to add to this, the wind, which blew the lath about, was very balking to the competitors. — 1881 •Causing one to pause or stop; disheartening.If there have not been the means to learn, if one knows nothing on a subject, to pretend or try to sympathize is more balking than to give it up. — 1860 •That makes motions which attempt to deceive the opponent.These large discrepancies must stem from inconsistencies in interpretation rather than the possibility that one crew was constantly drawing more balking pitchers than another. — 2013 noun1 •A frustration or disappointment; a check. formsbalkings · more balking · most balking
