Dictionary entry

Baulk

Pronunciation: /bɔːlk/

Pronunciation

/bɔːlk/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) တားဆီးသည်။နှောင့်နှေးသည်။ပျက်စေသည်။ (v) တုံ့ဆိုင်းသည်။ တွန့်ဆုတ်သည်။ကဖျက်ယဖျက် လုပ်သည်။ မရအောင်ဟန့်တား နှောင့်ယှက်သည်။

Definition

baulk (also balk ) /bↄ:k/ v ၁။ ~ (at sth) တံု႔ဆိုင္းသည္။ တြန္႔ဆုတ္သည္။ The horse baulked at (ie refused to jump) the high hedge. ❍ His parents baulked at the cost of the guitar he wanted. ၂။ ( dated ) (က) ကဖ်က္ယဖ်က္ လုပ္သည္။ baulk sb's plans. (ခ) ~ sb of sth (usu passive) မရေအာင္ဟန္႔တား ေႏွာင့္ယွက္သည္။ They were baulked of their prey.

Examples

  1. Voters would baulk if either candidate made such a proposal.
  2. [baulk at] : They really wanted the house
  3. but they baulked at the price.
  4. [baulk at] : The horse baulked at crossing the bridge.