To pass over or by.
To omit, miss or overlook by chance.
To miss intentionally; to avoid.
To stop, check, block.
To stop short and refuse to go on.
The horse balked.
To refuse suddenly.
To disappoint; to frustrate.
to balk expectation
To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
To leave or make balks in.
To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.