shirk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shirk	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for shirk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shirk v avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" Synonym(s): fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
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.