shirk

[Shirk]

To shirk your responsibilities is to avoid dealing with them like when you watch four consecutive hours of infomercials instead of facing your homework.

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To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

Verb
avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

Verb
avoid (one''s assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"


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.

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.

n.
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.


Shirk

Shirk , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.] 1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves.
2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties.

Shirk

Shirk, v. i. 1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark. 2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
One of the cities shirked from the league.

Shirk

Shirk, n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

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