| Shirk 1. (v. t.) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. 2. (v. t.) To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. 3. (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark. 4. (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. 5. (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor. Thesaurus Entries abandon, avoid, bilk, burke, bypass, creep, cut, dodge, dog it, double, duck, duck duty, eschew, evade, fence, get around, get out of, goldbrick, goof off, gumshoe, jump, leave, leave loose ends, leave undone, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, lurk, malinger, miss, not pull fair, omit, parry, pass over, pass up, pretermit, procrastinate, pussyfoot, shrink from, shun, sidestep, skip, skive, skulk, slack, slide out of, slink, slip, slip out of, snake, sneak out of, soldier, steal, trifle, welsh |