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- Dictionaryshirk/SHərk/
verb
- 1. avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility): "their sole motive is to shirk responsibility and rip off the company" Similar
noun
- 1. a person who shirks. archaic
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The meaning of SHIRK is to go stealthily : sneak. How to use shirk in a sentence.
to avoid work, duties, or responsibilities, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant: If you shirk your responsibilities / duties now, the situation will be much harder to deal with next month. I will not shirk from my obligations. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to avoid doing something.
Shirk definition: to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).. See examples of SHIRK used in a sentence.
to avoid work, duties, or responsibilities, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant: If you shirk your responsibilities / duties now, the situation will be much harder to deal with next month. I will not shirk from my obligations. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to avoid doing something.
To shirk your responsibilities is to avoid dealing with them — like when you watch four consecutive hours of infomercials instead of facing your homework. A verb is an action word, so it's ironic that the verb shirk suggests inaction in the avoidance of work.
verb [usu with neg] If someone does not shirk their responsibility or duty, they do what they have a responsibility to do. We in the Congress can't shirk our responsibility. [VERB noun] The Government will not shirk from considering the need for further action. [VERB + from] [ Also VERB]
Definition of shirk verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The sin of offering worship to idols or to any being other than God. [Arabic širk, association (of an idol) as a partner to God, sharing (of an idol) in the worship due to God alone, shirk, from šarika, to share, associate, be a partner; akin to Akkadian šarāku, to give, bestow and Ugaritic šrk, to associate with .]
Noun. Filter. verb. shirked, shirking, shirks. To neglect or evade doing (something that should be done) Webster's New World. To neglect or evade work, duty, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To avoid work or duty. American Heritage. Similar definitions. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. Wiktionary
shirk meaning: to avoid doing something because it is difficult or unpleasant: . Learn more.
