Shirk
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intransitive verb.
To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
intransitive verb.
To avoid work or duty.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One who lives by shifts or tricks. See
shark
.
noun.
One who seeks to avoid duty.
To practise mean or artful tricks; live by one's wits; shark.
To avoid unfairly or meanly the performance of some labor or duty.
To procure by mean tricks; shark.
To avoid or get off from unfairly or meanly; slink away from: as, to
shirk
responsibility.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intransitive verb.
To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
intransitive verb.
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
noun.
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
transitive verb.
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
transitive verb.
To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
the
unforgivable
sin
of
idolatry
verb.
To
avoid
, especially a
duty
,
responsibility
, etc.; to stay away from.
noun.
one who shirks
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
avoid (one's assigned duties)
verb.
avoid dealing with
cross-reference
malinger
to shirk off
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
avoid
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Berk
Burk
Burke
Dirk
Kirk
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
abandon
avoid
avoid
balk
bilk
verb-form
shirked
shirking
shirks