HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
2. (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
3. (badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
4. (baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
5. (billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
6. (fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
7. (obsolete) An omission.
8. (snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
9. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
10. A sudden and obstinate stop.
11. Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".

verb

1. (archaic) To pass over or by.
2. (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid.
3. (sports, intransitive) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
4. To disappoint; to frustrate.
5. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
6. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
7. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
8. To leave or make balks in.
9. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
10. To refuse suddenly.
11. To stop short and refuse to go on.
12. To stop, check, block.