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Pronunciation : Shirk
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shirk
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Shirk
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913