Balk

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A balk is an illegal motion by a baseball pitcher.

Balk or baulk may also refer to:

• Something left untouched, from in the Scots term bauk; this led to the word's current meaning a hindrance or check. From this, some uses developed:
  • A horse is said to baulk when it refuses its rider's instructions.
  • A baulk is an evasive technique/manoeuvre in the sport of Australian rules football.
  • To be baulked is the act of being slowed or stopped due to traffic, usually at an island in cycling time trials.
  • Balk and baulk are defined areas on various types of billiard table.

Places

• Balk, North Yorkshire, England
• Balk (Netherlands), a village
• Balk (Afghanistan), a city

People

• Abraham Balk, American fencer
• Fairuza Balk (born 1974), American film actress
• Hermann Balk, 13th century Master of the Teutonic and Livonian Orders

See also

• Balck

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