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Meaning of 'shirk'
Meaning of 'shirk' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Shirk 
[ n.]
- One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the
performance of duty or labor. [ n.]2. Shirk [ v. i.]
- To live by shifts and fraud; to shark. [ v. i.]- 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. [ v. t.]- To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
Meaning of 'shirk' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. shirk [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- avoid dealing with
- avoid dealing with
Example in sentence:
- She shirks her duties
Meaning (2):
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
- avoid (one's assigned duties)
Example in sentence:
- The derelict soldier shirked his duties
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