balked

verb

1
To pass over or by.
2
To omit, miss or overlook by chance.
syn:miss overlook
3
To miss intentionally; to avoid.
syn:avoid refuse shirk shun
4
To stop, check, block.
5
To stop short and refuse to go on.
“The horse balked.”
6
To refuse suddenly.
7
To disappoint; to frustrate.
“to balk expectation”
syn:baffle foil frustrate thwart
8
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
9
To leave or make balks in.
10
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

Synonyms

verb

1
To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

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