- 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.