'Shirk' definitions:

Definition of 'shirk'

(from WordNet)
verb
Avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" [syn: fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick]
verb
Avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

Definition of 'Shirk'

From: GCIDE
  • Shirk \Shirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.]
  • 1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. [1913 Webster]
  • You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. --Bp. Rainbow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. [1913 Webster]
  • The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties. --Hare. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shirk'

From: GCIDE
  • Shirk \Shirk\, v. i.
  • 1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. [1913 Webster]
  • One of the cities shirked from the league. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shirk'

From: GCIDE
  • Shirk \Shirk\, n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'shirk'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Shirk'