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

See also: intractable

Type of: disobey, hesitate, pause

Encyclopedia: Baulking, Oxfordshire

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