Usually means: Resistant to following commands, stubborn.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. balky: Merriam-Webster
  2. balky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. balky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. balky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. balky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Balky, balky: Wordnik
  7. balky: Wiktionary
  8. balky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. balky: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. balky: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Balky, balky: Dictionary.com
  12. Balky: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. balky: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. balky: Rhymezone
  15. Balky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. balky: FreeDictionary.org
  17. balky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. balky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. balky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  20. balky: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. balky: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. balky: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Balky: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See balkier as well.)

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adjective:  Refusing to proceed or cooperate.

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