baulk

Etymology

See balk

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [bɔːɫk]
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɑk/, [bɑɫk]

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Noun

baulk (plural baulks)

1. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk
2. (Britain) In billiards, the area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.

Verb

baulk (third-person singular simple present baulks, present participle baulking, simple past and past participle baulked)

1. (Britain) 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? [...]

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