SHIRK

shirk

(verb) avoid dealing with; “She shirks her duties”

fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick

(verb) avoid (one’s assigned duties); “The derelict soldier shirked his duties”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

shirk (third-person singular simple present shirks, present participle shirking, simple past and past participle shirked)

(transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.

Synonym: Thesaurus:shirk

(intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

(transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

Noun

shirk (plural shirks)

One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

Synonym: dodger

Etymology 2

Noun

shirk (uncountable)

(Islam) The unforgivable sin of idolatry.

Anagrams

• Krish

Proper noun

Shirk (plural Shirks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shirk is the 4754^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7448 individuals. Shirk is most common among White (95.56%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Krish

Source: Wiktionary

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Shirk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] Etym: [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.]

1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. Bp. Rainbow.

2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties. Hare.

Shirk, v. i.

1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. One of the cities shirked from the league. Byron.

Shirk, n.

Definition: One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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