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No-no for a pitcher
Answer for the clue "No-no for a pitcher ", 7 letters:
balking
Word definitions for balking in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of balk English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer" [syn: balky ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balked (b[add]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Balking .] [From Balk a beam; orig. to put a balk or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for sense 2, AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.] To leave or make balks in. ...
Usage examples of balking.
The balking arrivals were driven on, whip and spur, until the iron bit rings froze fast to the flesh of their muzzles, and tore them to headshaking agony.
For a few moments she went unresistingly, then balking, drew dusty breath and screamed.