Thesaurus: shirk

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1. v. t. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
2. v. t. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
3. v. i. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
4. v. i. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
5. n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
6. v. avoid (one's assigned duties)
7. v. avoid dealing with
8. 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. 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. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
9. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids theperformance of duty or labor.
10. v:100 v. avoid dealing with