BAULK


Meaning of BAULK in English

n. 25B6; verb

I baulk at paying that much : BE UNWILLING TO, draw the line at, jib at, be reluctant to, hesitate over; eschew, resist, scruple to, refuse to, take exception to; draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, recoil from, demur from, not like to, hate to.

they were baulked by traffic : IMPEDE, obstruct, thwart, hinder, prevent, check, stop, curb, halt, bar, block, forestall, frustrate.

accept, assist.

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