Definitions of shirk [ʃɜrk]

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Definition of 'shirk'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) shirk
to evade (work, duty, etc.).

2. (v.i.) shirk
to evade work, duty, etc.

3. (n.) shirk
a shirker.

Etymology: (1625–35; obscurely akin to shark²)

Definition of 'shirk'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
avoid (one's assigned duties)
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

2. (verb) shirk
avoid dealing with
"She shirks her duties"

Definition of 'shirk'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) shirk
one who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor

2. (verb) shirk
to procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation

3. (verb) shirk
to avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty

4. (verb) shirk
to live by shifts and fraud; to shark

5. (verb) shirk
to evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away

Translation of 'shirk'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to) She shirked telling him the bad news that night.
Afrikaans: vermy	Arabic: يَتَهَرَّب، يَتَمَلَّص	Bulgarian: клинча
Brazilian: esquivar-se	Czech: vyhnout se	German: sich drücken vor
Danish: unddrage sig	Greek: αποφεύγω να κάνω κτ., δεν	Spanish: esquivar
Estonian: kõrvale hiilima	Farsi: از زير كار دررفتن	Finnish: vältellä
French: se dérober à	Hebrew: לְהִשתַמֵט	Hindi: से जी चुराना, से भाग जाना
Croatian: izbjegavati dužnost, zabu	Hungarian: kitér (vmi elől)	Indonesian: mengelak
Icelandic: koma sér undan	Italian: evitare	Japanese: 避ける
Korean: 회피하다	Lithuanian: išsisukinėti, vengti	Latvian: izvairīties; novelt (atbi
Malay: mengelak daripada membuat	Dutch: zich drukken	Norwegian: unndra seg, omgå, løpe fr
Polish: wymigiwać się od	Persian: از زير كار دررفتن	Pashto: ځان كښل، ډډه كول، اوږه كښ
Portuguese: esquivar-se	Romanian: a evita, a se eschiva de	Russian: уклоняться, увиливать
Slovak: vyhnúť sa	Slovenian: izogibati se	Serbian: zabušavati
Swedish: undvika, dra sig för	Thai: หลีกเลี่ยง	Turkish: kaçmak, kaytarmak
Taiwanese: 逃避(義務、責任)	Ukrainian: викручуватися; ухилятися	Urdu: بچنا، احتراز کرنا
Vietnamese: chuồn, lẩn	Chinese: 逃避（责任、义务）
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