Found 3 items, similar to Shirk.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: shirk
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shirk
shirk
v 1: avoid (one's assigned duties);
“The derelict soldier shirked
his duties” [syn:
fiddle,
shrink from,
goldbrick]
2: avoid dealing with;
“She shirks her duties”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shirk
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.
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You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . .
that shirk living from others, but time from
Yourselves. --Bp. Rainbow.
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2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying
unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
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The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk
difficulties. --Hare.
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Shirk
\Shirk\, v. i.
1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
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2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty,
as by running away.
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One of the cities shirked from the league. --Byron.
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Shirk
\Shirk\, n.
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the
performance of duty or labor.
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