'Shirking' definitions:

Definition of 'shirking'

noun

The evasion of work or duty [syn: shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking]

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]