Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Shirk"
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) 1.7 (wn)
shirk
v 1: avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked
his duties" [syn: {shrink from}, {goldbrick}]
2: avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
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