shirk

Plural: shirks

Verb

Verb Forms: shirked, shirking, shirks

• To avoid or neglect a duty, responsibility, or work.
• avoid (one's assigned duties)
  • "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
• avoid dealing with
  • "She shirks her duties"
• To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
• To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
• To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

Noun

• One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.
• The unforgivable sin of association (of something with God).

Examples

• A true Scrabble champion would never shirk the opportunity to play a bingo.
• If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.

Synonyms

fiddle, goldbrick, shrink from, blow off, dodger, dog, doss, duck, flinch, goof off, lollygag, malinger, procrastinate, shirk, shrink, slack off, soldier, swing the lead

Related Words

idler, lazy, mushrik, truancy

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