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shirk |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Byron. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shirk \Shirk\, n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Bp. Rainbow. 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. --Hare. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shirk v 1: avoid; "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" [syn: {shrink from}] 2: avoid dealing with "She shirks her duties" [syn: {ware}]
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