SHIRKS

Verb

shirks

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shirk

Proper noun

Shirks

plural of Shirk

Source: Wiktionary

SHIRK

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