[{"word":"baulked","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To pass over or by.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To omit, miss or overlook by chance.","synonyms":["miss","overlook"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To miss intentionally; to avoid.","synonyms":["avoid","refuse","shirk","shun"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To stop, check, block.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To stop short and refuse to go on.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The horse balked."},{"definition":"To refuse suddenly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To disappoint; to frustrate.","synonyms":["baffle","foil","frustrate","thwart"],"antonyms":[],"example":"to balk expectation"},{"definition":"To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To leave or make balks in.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["avoid","refuse","shirk","shun","baffle","foil","frustrate","thwart","miss","overlook"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/balk","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baulk","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baulked"]}]