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sinta [sin.tâ.] : balk (v.); buck (v.); spook (v.)

Derivatives of sinta


Glosses:
balk
n. (location)1. balk, baulkthe area on a billiard table behind the balkline.; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
~ billiard table, pool table, snooker tablegame equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played.
~ surface area, expanse, areathe extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary.; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
n. (cognition)2. balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impedimentsomething immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
~ difficultya factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result.; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
~ albatross, millstone(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps.; "she was an albatross around his neck"
~ bindsomething that hinders as if with bonds.
~ diriment impediment(canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage).
~ dragsomething that slows or delays progress.; "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"
~ obstacle, obstructionsomething immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted.; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"
~ straitjacketanything immaterial that severely hinders or confines.; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
n. (artifact)3. balk, baulk, rafterone of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
~ beamlong thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction.
n. (act)4. balkan illegal pitching motion while runners are on base.
~ pitch, delivery(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter.
v. (social)5. balk, baulk, jib, resistrefuse to comply.
~ disobeyrefuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient.; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"
buck
n. (artifact)1. buck, long horse, vaulting horsea gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting.
~ gymnastic horse, horsea padded gymnastic apparatus on legs.
n. (possession)2. buck, clam, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar billa piece of paper money worth one dollar.
~ america, the states, u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, u.s.North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776.
~ bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, bill, notea piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank).; "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
n. (person)3. buck, pearl buck, pearl sydenstricker buckUnited States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973).
~ missioner, missionarysomeone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country.
~ author, writerwrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
n. (artifact)4. buck, horse, sawbuck, sawhorsea framework for holding wood that is being sawed.
~ frameworka structure supporting or containing something.
~ trestlesawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop.
n. (animal)5. buckmature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope).
~ eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammalmammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials.
~ stagadult male deer.
v. (social)6. buckto strive with determination.; "John is bucking for a promotion"
~ endeavor, endeavour, striveattempt by employing effort.; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"
v. (social)7. buck, go againstresist.; "buck the trend"
~ react, opposeact against or in opposition to.; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
v. (motion)8. buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tearmove quickly and violently.; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hastenmove fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
~ dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shootrun or move very quickly or hastily.; "She dashed into the yard"
~ ripmove precipitously or violently.; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
v. (motion)9. buck, hitch, jerkjump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.; "the yung filly bucked"
~ movemove so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
spook
n. (person)1. creep, spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdysomeone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
~ disagreeable person, unpleasant persona person who is not pleasant or agreeable.
n. (cognition)2. ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraitha mental representation of some haunting experience.; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
~ fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, apparition, shadowsomething existing in perception only.; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
v. (emotion)3. spookfrighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action.; "The noise spooked the horse"
~ affright, fright, frighten, scarecause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"