Definitions For Balk
noun
- An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- The area on a billiard table behind the balkline
- An occurrence in which a pitcher stops suddenly or makes an illegal movement after starting to throw a pitch
verb
- Refuse to comply
- To suddenly show that you do not want to do something : to refuse to do what someone else wants you to do
- To stop quickly and refuse to continue going
- To fail to work in the usual or expected way
Is Balk a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12
The word Balk is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Balk in a Sentence
- The extravagant centerpiece proved to be a balk to the flow of conversation
- The horse balked and would not jump the fence.
- The runner on third base tried to make the pitcher balk.