Balked meaning : To pass over or by. To omit, miss or overlook by chance. To miss intentionally; to avoid. To stop, check, block. To stop short and refuse to go on. To refuse suddenly. To disappoint; to frustrate. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition. To leave or make balks in. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.