BALKY


Meaning of BALKY in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Brown had been hobbled since training camp with a balky left knee that caused him pain from the second day of practice.

Dial-up connections were an afterthought, which is one of the reasons they tend to be so balky to use today.

For one thing, the air conditioner in my hotel room is a bit balky .

The balky elevator has delivered the jumpers to a tiny platform contained within the tower.

The engram bank may be balky but enough asking will bring forth any data in it sooner or later.

The heat is balky in the winter.

The theory is that his balky digestion -- gummed up by too much fruit -- will now return to normal.

The Toyota was sluggish and balky .

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