balk
/bɔːlk/
US pronunciation
American sound/bɔːlk/
balk
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> balk
Myanmar meaning
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Synonyms
recoil, start, cringe, shy away, draw back, baffle, bar, beam, beat, blow, bolt from the blue, bombshell, cantilever, chagrin, check, circumvent, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, crossbar, crosspiece, dash, defeat, demur, desist, disappoint, disconcert, disillusionment, dodge, evade, flinch, foil, forestall, fretfulness, frustrate, hardwood, hesitate, hinder, ill humor, ill-humor, lath, letdown, lintel, obstruct, prevent, pull back, rafter, refuse, rein in, resist, ruin, scantling, shirk, shrink from, shy, sill, stall, stop, stop short, stringer, throw a curve, throw monkey wrench in, thwart, timber, timberland, turn down, two-by-four, underwhelm, upset apple cart, upset the apple cart, weald, woodlot
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