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shirk - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'shirk' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shirk [ n.]
- One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
2 . Shirk [ v. i.]
- To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
- To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
3 . Shirk [ v. t.]
- To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
- To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.

Meaning of 'shirk' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shirk [ v]
Meaning (1):
- avoid dealing with
Example in sentence:
  • She shirks her duties
Meaning (2):
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
Example in sentence:
  • The derelict soldier shirked his duties