Crossword clues for shirking
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shirk \Shirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.]
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who shirks. vb. (present participle of shirk English)
WordNet
n. the evasion of work or duty [syn: slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking]
Usage examples of "shirking".
Including complaining that Brekke was shirking or stinting this or that.
I'll deal severely with anyone shirking their duties or, " She broke off.
I'll deal severely with anyone shirking their duties or -- " She broke off.
He neglected his duty--kept dodging it, shirking it, putting it off, and his unrelenting conscience kept persecuting him for this conduct.
They could not content that spirit by shirking a soldier's duty, could they?