Found 3 items, similar to shirk.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: shirk mengelakkan
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. [1913 Webster] You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. --Bp. Rainbow. [1913 Webster] 2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. [1913 Webster] The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties. --Hare. [1913 Webster] Shirk \Shirk\, v. i. 1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark. [1913 Webster] 2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. [1913 Webster] One of the cities shirked from the league. --Byron. [1913 Webster] Shirk \Shirk\, n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor. [1913 Webster]