How do you use balking in a sentence?

How do you use balking in a sentence?

Verb The horse balked and would not jump the fence. The runner on third base tried to make the pitcher balk.

How do you spell Bauk?

Bauk | Definition of Bauk by Merriam-Webster.

What is AMUK?

Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok or having gone amok, also spelled amuck or amuk, is the act of behaving disruptively or uncontrollably.

What is a Bok in baseball?

Definition. A balk occurs when a pitcher makes an illegal motion on the mound that the umpire deems to be deceitful to the runner(s). As a result, any men on base are awarded the next base, and the pitch (if it was thrown in the first place) is waved off for a dead ball.

Why is it called a balk?

The former home of the San Francisco Giants was notorious because of the gusty winds. According to the legend, Giants pitcher Stu Miller was blown off the mound by a gust of wind and the home plate umpire called a balk.

What is gymnastic balking?

If you’re a gymnastics coach, you immediately know what I mean when I use the word “balk.” It can be a coach’s worst nightmare. A gymnast develops a fear of a skill – sometimes a completely irrational one – and one time becomes scared enough to actually abort the skill before even attempting it.

What jockeying means?

1a : to maneuver or manipulate by adroit or devious means was jockeyed out of the job. b : to change the position of by a series of movements jockey a truck into position. 2a : to ride or drive (a horse) as a jockey.

Is balk a Scrabble word?

Yes, balk is in the scrabble dictionary.

What is to barf?

intransitive verb. US, informal : vomit Acute mountain sickness is typified by a headache that feels as if Thor himself is hammering your brain and by a strong desire to barf.—

Where does the name Batala or bathala come from?

Other possible origin of the term Bathala or Batala are the Malay word Berhala (“idol”) and the Arabic expression ‘Allah-ta’ala (“God, be exalted”) which is the origin of Bathala’s other name i.e. Anatala.

What is the meaning of the Batak name Mulayari?

Thus, the meaning of Mulayari is also similar to that of Mulajadi (“Beginning of Becoming”) which is the name of the creator deity of Batak people of Indonesia.

Why was the Bathala important to the Tagalogs?

In early Philippine history, Bathala was strongly associated with the Tigmamanukan omen bird – so much so that early chronicler Antonio de Morga thought the Tagalogs saw the bird as their ultimate deity.

Why is the word bathala an error in history?

Jose Rizal in his letter to his friend Ferdinand Blumentritt (17 April 1890) wrote that the word Bathala is an error of Chirino or some missionary older or ahead of him who has been copied by subsequent historians, because, according to him, the majority of the historians of the Philippines are mere copyists.