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   Shirk

   /SHərk/

   

   verb

   • 1. avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility): "their sole motive is to shirk responsibility and rip off the company" Similar evadedodgeavoidget out ofsidestepshuffle offrun away fromshrink fromshunslide out ofplay truant fromskipmissnot attendneglectlet slidenot attend topay little/no attention tobe remiss aboutbe lax aboutleave undonelose sight ofskimp oninformal:duckduck out ofcop out ofskive offfunkcutduck-shoveevade one's dutybe remissbe negligentskulkplay truantmalingerinformal:skive (off)wagdodge the columnswing the leadscrimshankslackgoof offgoldbrickplay hookybludgeplay the wag
   • ▪ be unwilling to do (something difficult): "we will not shirk from closing a school if the evidence should justify it"

   noun

   • 1. a person who shirks. archaic

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘practice fraud or trickery’): from obsolete shirk ‘sponger’, perhaps from German Schurke ‘scoundrel’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shirker noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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