Usually means: Hesitation to accept or proceed.
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  1. balking: Merriam-Webster
  2. balking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. balking: Vocabulary.com
  4. Balking, balking: Wordnik
  5. balking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. balking: Wiktionary
  7. Balking, balking: Dictionary.com
  8. balking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Balking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. balking: Rhymezone
  11. Balking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. balking: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. balking: FreeDictionary.org
  14. balking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. balking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See balk as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (balking)

noun:  A frustration or disappointment; a check.
adjective:  That balks.
adjective:  Tending to thwart or impede; frustrating.
adjective:  Causing one to pause or stop; disheartening.
adjective:  That refuses to cooperate or fails to behave in the desired and expected manner.
adjective:  (sports) That makes motions which attempt to deceive the opponent.

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