balk

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɔːk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɔːlk/
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• General-American: /bɔk/
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• General-American: /bɔlk/
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• cot-caught-merger: /bɑk/
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• rhymes with -ɔːk
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• CMU ARPABET: B AO1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B AA1 L K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).

From Middle English balok, ballok (“knob”), from Old English bealluc (“testicle”, literally “little ball”). Doublet of ballock and bollocks.

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: erv — an unplowed strip of land
• Bulgarian: неизорана ивица земя — an unplowed strip of land
• Finnish: piennar — an unplowed strip of land
• French: raie — an unplowed strip of land
• German: Rain — an unplowed strip of land
• German: Feldrain — an unplowed strip of land
• German: Feldrand — an unplowed strip of land
• German: Furchenrücken — an unplowed strip of land
• Ancient Greek: σφῦρα (sphûra) — an unplowed strip of land
• Italian: porca — an unplowed strip of land
• Manx: immyr vane — an unplowed strip of land
• Polish: miedza — an unplowed strip of land
• Romanian: hat — an unplowed strip of land
• Romanian: hotar — an unplowed strip of land
• Lower Sorbian: mjaza — an unplowed strip of land
• Bulgarian: греда (greda) — beam
• Czech: vazný trám — beam
• Dutch: balk — beam
• Finnish: palkki — beam
• Finnish: parru — beam
• German: Balken — beam
• Indonesian: balak — beam
• Indonesian: balok — beam
• Malay: balak — beam
• Norwegian: bjelke — beam
• Polish: bal — beam
• Polish: dyl — beam
• Polish: kloc — beam
• Romanian: grindă — beam
• Romanian: lonjeron — beam
• Russian: ба́лка (bálka) — beam
• Spanish: viga — beam
• Ottoman Turkish: مرتك (mertek) — beam
• Bulgarian: спънка (spǎnka) — hindrance
• Bulgarian: пречка (prečka) — hindrance
• Czech: překážka — hindrance
• Czech: zábrana — hindrance
• Czech: zklamání — hindrance
• Finnish: este — hindrance
• Romanian: obstacol — hindrance
• Romanian: piedică — hindrance
• Spanish: obstáculo — hindrance
• Bulgarian: финт (fint) — (sports) deceptive motion; feint
• Bulgarian: лъжливо движение — (sports) deceptive motion; feint
• Finnish: harhautus — (sports) deceptive motion; feint
• French: balk — (sports) deceptive motion; feint
• French: feinte irrégulière — (sports) deceptive motion; feint
• Romanian: fentă — (sports) deceptive motion; feint
• Spanish: finta — (sports) deceptive motion; feint
• Finnish: kieltäytyä — to be unwilling to do
• Finnish: tehdä tenä — to be unwilling to do
• Bulgarian: запирам се (zapiram se) — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Czech: zarazit se — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Czech: vzpínat se — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Finnish: seisahtua — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Finnish: tehdä tenä — to stop short and refuse to go on
• French: regimber — to stop short and refuse to go on
• German: verweigern — to stop short and refuse to go on
• German: stoppen — to stop short and refuse to go on
• German: scheuen — to stop short and refuse to go on
• German: stocken — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Hungarian: megmakacsolja magát — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Hungarian: megbokrosodik — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Hungarian: megtorpan — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Hungarian: vonakodik — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Hungarian: húzódozik — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Hungarian: habozik — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Hungarian: bokkol — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Italian: tirarsi indietro — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Occitan: reguitnar — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Serbo-Croatian: ustuknuti — to stop short and refuse to go on
• Bulgarian: преча (preča) — to stop, check, block
• Bulgarian: спъвам (spǎvam) — to stop, check, block
• Bulgarian: затруднявам (zatrudnjavam) — to stop, check, block
• Czech: zarazit — to stop, check, block
• Czech: zastavit — to stop, check, block
• Czech: zmařit — to stop, check, block
• Finnish: estää — to stop, check, block
• German: verhindern — to stop, check, block
• German: stoppen — to stop, check, block
• German: blockieren — to stop, check, block
• German: behindern — to stop, check, block
• German: vereiteln — to stop, check, block
• German: Einhalt gebieten — to stop, check, block
• German: durchkreuzen — to stop, check, block
• Hungarian: meghiúsít — to stop, check, block
• Hungarian: akadályoz — to stop, check, block
• Hungarian: gátol — to stop, check, block
• Hungarian: hátráltat — to stop, check, block
• Hungarian: keresztülhúzza a számításait — to stop, check, block
• Italian: ostacolare — to stop, check, block
• Hungarian: kikerül — to pass over or by
• Hungarian: elhalad (mellette) — to pass over or by
• Hungarian: elmegy (mellette) — to pass over or by
• German: übergehen — to omit, miss or overlook by chance
• Hungarian: kihagy — to omit, miss or overlook by chance
• Hungarian: elsiklik — to omit, miss or overlook by chance
• Hungarian: átsiklik — to omit, miss or overlook by chance
• Hungarian: eltéveszt — to omit, miss or overlook by chance
• Hungarian: elmulaszt — to omit, miss or overlook by chance
• German: vermeiden — to miss intentionally; to avoid
• Hungarian: kihagy — to miss intentionally; to avoid
• Hungarian: mellőz — to miss intentionally; to avoid
• Hungarian: kerül — to miss intentionally; to avoid
• Hungarian: elszalaszt — to miss intentionally; to avoid
• Hungarian: elmulaszt — to miss intentionally; to avoid
• Hungarian: kivonja magát — to miss intentionally; to avoid
• Hungarian: elkerül — to miss intentionally; to avoid
• Hungarian: csalódást kelt/okoz — to disappoint; to frustrate
• Hungarian: kiábrándít — to disappoint; to frustrate
• Czech: vzpírat se — quibble, bandy words with
• Hungarian: szembeszáll — quibble, bandy words with
• Hungarian: elébe áll — quibble, bandy words with
• Hungarian: keresztbe áll — quibble, bandy words with
• Hungarian: ellenez — quibble, bandy words with