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Webster 1913 Edition
Shirk
Shirk
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shirked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shirking
.] 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
dutyThe usual makeshift by which they try to
shirk
difficulties. Hare.
Shirk
,Verb.
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.
Shirk
,Noun.
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shirk
SHIRK
, a different spelling of shark, which see.Definition 2024
shirk
shirk
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: shûk, IPA(key): /ʃɜːk/
- (General American) enPR: shûrk, IPA(key): /ʃɝk/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)k
Verb
shirk (third-person singular simple present shirks, present participle shirking, simple past and past participle shirked)
- (transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
- Hare
- the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties
- Hare
- (intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
- If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
- Byron
- One of the cities shirked from the league.
- (transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
- Bishop Rainbow
- You that never heard the call of any vocation, […] that shirk living from others, but time from yourselves.
- Bishop Rainbow
Synonyms
- See Wikisaurus:shirk
Translations
avoid a duty
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Noun
shirk (plural shirks)
- one who shirks
Etymology 2
Arabic شرك (širk, "idolatry").
Noun
shirk (plural shirks)
- (Islam) the unforgivable sin of idolatry