English words for 'Alternative form of balkingly.'
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verb
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
noun
- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
verb
- (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.
- (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.
- (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
- show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
- make a low noise
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
- (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
- (transitive) To say while pouting.
- (Scotland) To shoot poults.
- (intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
- be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
noun
- One's facial expression when pouting.
- (rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
- Alternative form of poult.
- A fit of sulking or sullenness.
- marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
- a disdainful grimace
- catfish common in eastern United States
prep_phrase
- (idiomatic) Unwillingly, reluctantly; contrary to one's nature.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see against, the, grain.
- (woodworking, of sanding or planing a piece of wood) Preventing a smooth, level surface from being formed by raising the nap of the wood or causing larger splinters to form ahead of the cutting tool below the cutting surface.
- (idiomatic) Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To mumble, speak unclearly.
- (intransitive) To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
- To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
- To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
- (ambitransitive) To nibble.
- To be sullen or sulky.
- To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
noun
adj
- (figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.
- (US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.
- Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.
- Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
- (not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
- Permanently uninhabitable (as in a planet like Earth) to all life, including even microbes.
- (figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
- incapable of reproducing
- deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
- free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
verb
- (intransitive) To scoff.
- (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
- (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.
- (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- (transitive) To reject with contempt.
- (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
- explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
noun
- (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.
- (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.
- The guillemot.
- (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
- A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
- (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
- (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
- (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.
- A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
- A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
- A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
verb
- (transitive) To utter in a grumbling fashion.
- (intransitive) To make a low, growling or rumbling noise, like a hungry stomach or certain animals.
- (intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.
- show one's unhappiness or critical attitude
- make a low noise
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
- (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
- (transitive) To say while pouting.
- (Scotland) To shoot poults.
- (intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
- be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
noun
- One's facial expression when pouting.
- (rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
- Alternative form of poult.
- A fit of sulking or sullenness.
- marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
- a disdainful grimace
- catfish common in eastern United States
verb
- (ambitransitive) To mumble, speak unclearly.
- (intransitive) To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
- To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
- To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
- (ambitransitive) To nibble.
- To be sullen or sulky.
- To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
noun
adj
- (figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.
- (US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.
- Free from dangerous objects, as a zone in an airport that can be only be entered via a security checkpoint.
- Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
- (not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).
- Permanently uninhabitable (as in a planet like Earth) to all life, including even microbes.
- (figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.
- incapable of reproducing
- deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
- free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms