'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
- abandon,
- avoid,
- bilk,
- burke,
- bypass,
- creep,
- cut,
- dodge,
- dog it,
- double,
- duck,
- duck duty,
- eschew,
- evade,
- fence,
- get around,
- get out of,
- goldbrick,
- goof off,
- gumshoe,
- jump,
- leave,
- leave loose ends,
- leave undone,
- let alone,
- let be,
- let dangle,
- let go,
- lurk,
- malinger,
- miss,
- not pull fair,
- omit,
- parry,
- pass over,
- pass up,
- pretermit,
- procrastinate,
- pussyfoot,
- shrink from,
- shun,
- sidestep,
- skip,
- skive,
- skulk,
- slack,
- slide out of,
- slink,
- slip,
- slip out of,
- snake,
- sneak out of,
- soldier,
- steal,
- trifle,
- welsh