Balk

1.

ការរួញរា

1.

(បច្ចេកទេស) ជំទាស់, រារាំង

2.

(TRANSITIVE) រួញរា, រា, ទុច, ប្រឆាំង

1.

A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

2.

A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

3.

A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.

4.

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

5.

A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."

1.

(INTRANSITIVE) One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.

2.

(TRANSITIVE) To leave or make balks in.

3.

(TRANSITIVE) To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

4.

(TRANSITIVE) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.

5.

(TRANSITIVE) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.

6.

(TRANSITIVE) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; as, to balk expectation.

7.

(INTRANSITIVE) To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

8.

(INTRANSITIVE) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.

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(INTRANSITIVE) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.