Sekirov Dictionary

shirk

UK /ʃɜːk/US /ʃɝk/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 5

verb3

•
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
- the usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties — 1826
•
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
- If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
- September 7, 1830, Lord Byron, letter to Mr. Murray One of the cities shirked from the league.
•
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. — 1635

noun2

The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).
One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

forms

shirked · shirking · shirketh · shirks · shirkest

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