'Malinger' definitions:
Definition of 'malinger'
From: WordNet
verb
Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill [syn: malinger, skulk]
Definition of 'Malinger'
From: GCIDE
- Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered; p. pr. & vb. n. Malingering.] To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'malinger'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- cut,
- dodge,
- dog it,
- duck,
- duck duty,
- get out of,
- goldbrick,
- goof off,
- jump,
- leave,
- leave loose ends,
- leave undone,
- let alone,
- let be,
- let dangle,
- let go,
- miss,
- not pull fair,
- omit,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- pretermit,
- procrastinate,
- shirk,
- skip,
- skulk,
- slack,
- slide out of,
- slip out of,
- sneak out of,
- soldier,
- trifle,
- welsh