shirking
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the evasion of work or dutySynonyms: slackingsoldieringgoofing offgoldbricking
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Shirk \Shirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.]
1.To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. [1913 Webster]
You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves.— Bp. Rainbow.[1913 Webster]
2.To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. [1913 Webster]
The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties.— Hare.[1913 Webster]