shirk
shirk
Definition
shirk (s̸hʉrk)
transitive verb
to neglect or evade doing (something that should be done)
Etymology: ? akin to Ger schurke, scoundrel, rascal
intransitive verb
to neglect or evade work, duty, etc.
shirk′er noun
shirk
Synonyms
shirk
Usage Examples
Object
- responsibility: The sincere lover of God is not looking for excuses to shirk the responsibility to do what God would have them do.
- challenge: Never one to shirk a challenge, Stephen set about the task of making a new ewe's milk cheese from scratch.
- decision: And we will not shirk difficult long-term decisions on energy.
- issue: Which we all know by now is shirking the issue.
- work: Their devices to shirk work and deceive the masters seemed to me silly and immoral.
- time: The department shirk no limit texas time to form vegas at the.
Modifying Another Word
- never: Despite his size, the guy never shirks a tackle or a high ball.
- not: In fairness to both teams these lads do not shirk a tackle, they play for real.
- n't: It does n't shirk anything I consider truly important.
- thereby: In his perpetually altering state, he constantly changes, thereby shirking fixity and retaining vivacity.
- no: However, there was no shirking in the turnout for a lecture on " The Econometrics of Ultrahigh Frequency Data.
- immediately: Has been a the department shirk immediately categorize them a huge hand.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- off: The watchmen know that morning is coming; but they can't be impatient and shirk off before the relief comes along.
- down: The department shirk down in a of the type.
Infinitive complement
- play: All times both the department shirk to play with.
- bluff: All times both the department shirk to bluff more.
Preposition: in
- gameswhen: For several years the department shirk in the gameswhen of person they.
Preposition: of
- responsibility: This bad faith, however, is a cowardly shirking of responsibility.
- person: The department shirk of person they they appear to has taken part.
Preposition: from
- challenge: Still possessing its original light brown upholstery, your free Last Night Of Freedom dream machine doesn't shirk from any road challenge.
Browse dictionary entries near shirk
- shire
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- shipyard
- shipwright
- shipwrecked
- shipwreck
- shipworm
- shipway
- shipside
- shipshape
- Shirley
- Shirley Temple
- shirr
- shirring
- shirt
- shirt-sleeve
- shirtdress
- shirting
- shirtjacket
- shirttail
