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Balky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Given to stopping and refusing to go on: a balky horse; a balky client.

adj. Difficult to operate or start: a balky switch; a balky engine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Refusing to proceed or cooperate.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Apt to balk.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Given to balking; apt to stop abruptly and obstinately refuse to move: as, a balky horse.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. stopping short and refusing to go on

Word Usage

"Williams also recalled a balky computer system that routinely displayed nothing but a blue screen and a system to removed gases from the rig's drilling shack that had been in a bypass mode for five years."

Equivalent

intractable

Variant

balkiest balkier

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

restiff restive

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Milwaukee gawky stalky talkie talky

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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