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Adjective: balking  bo(l)-king
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: baulking)
  1. Showing reluctance or resistance to proceed or act
    "the balking horse refused to cross the stream";
    - balky, baulking [Brit], baulky [Brit]
Verb: balk  bo(l)k
  1. Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    "The horse balked at jumping the fence";
    - hesitate, waver, waffle [N. Amer, informal], baulk [Brit]
     
  2. Refuse to comply
    "The horse balked at jumping over the fence";
    - resist, baulk [Brit], jib

See also: intractable

Type of: disobey, hesitate, pause

Encyclopedia: Balking

Balk, Harry