meaning of shirk
1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
3. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
4. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
5. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
6. avoid dealing with; "She shirks her
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Related Words
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