simple past tense and past participle of balk

(archaic) To pass over or by. / To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. / (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid. / To stop, check, block. / To stop short and refuse to go on. / To refuse suddenly.

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

(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing. / (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.

plural of balk

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of balk

present participle of balk

A frustration or disappointment; a check.

plural of balking

A surname.