Hypertext Webster Gateway: "balky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Balky \Balk"y\ (b[add]k"[y^]), a.
Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
balky
adj : stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking "; "a balky
mule"; "a balky customer" [syn: {balking}]
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