Balk has many uses, such as:
- 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 balk is an illegal action in baseball.
- 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.
- A balk on a billiard table is the area behind the balkline--the first quarter-length of the table.
- Balk, North Yorkshire, England
- Abraham Balk, American fencer
- Fairuza Balk (born 1974), American film actress
- Hermann Balk, 13th century Master of the Teutonic and Livonian Orders
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