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balk (EN)
verb, noun

verb “balk”

අනියත balk; ඔහු balks; අතීත කාලය balked; අතීත කෘදන්තය balked; කෘදන්තය balking
  1. අකැමැත්තෙන් කටයුතු කිරීම
    She balked at the idea of skydiving because it seemed too risky.
  2. ඉදිරියට යාම නවත්වනවා (අශ්වයෙකු)
    The horse balked and refused to jump the fence.
  3. අසාර්ථක වීම (උත්සාහය නවත්වන ලද)
    Her plans to travel were balked by the sudden storm.
  4. වංචාකාරී චලනයක් කිරීම
    The pitcher balked, causing the runner on first base to hesitate and miss his chance to steal second.

noun “balk”

එකවචන balk, බහුවචන balks
  1. පන්දු යවන්නාගේ නීතිවිරෝධී චලනයක්
    The pitcher was called for a balk when he pretended to throw to first base but didn't.
  2. සේවයේදී වංචාකාරී චලනයක්
    During the match, Sarah's clever balk made her opponent move the wrong way.
  3. පටන්ගන්නා රේඛාවෙන් පසු මේසයේ කොටස (බිලියඩ්ස්)
    He carefully placed the cue ball in the balk before taking his first shot.
  4. බෝක් රේඛාවෙන් පසු මේසයේ කොටස (ස්නූකර්)
    He aimed carefully to avoid the balk area and make his shot.