balks is a form of:

Balk



noun
1.
ការរួញរា
verbpast tense: balked ; past participle: balked ; present participle: balking ;
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ជំទាស់, រារាំង
2.
(TRANSITIVE) រួញរា, រា, ទុច, ប្រឆាំង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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."
verbpast tense: balked ; past participle: balked ; present participle: balking ;
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.
9.
(INTRANSITIVE) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.