Balky

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  • adjective. Given to stopping and refusing to go on.
  • adjective. Difficult to operate or start.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Given to balking; apt to stop abruptly and obstinately refuse to move: as, a balky horse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Apt to balk.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. stopping short and refusing to go on
  • Word Usage
    "Williams also recalled a balky computer system that routinely displayed nothing but a blue screen and a system to removed gases from the rig's drilling shack that had been in a bypass mode for five years."
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Milwaukee  gawky  stalky  talkie  talky  
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    restiff  restive  
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    balkier  balkiest