shirker

shirk ¹

 (shûrk)

v. shirked, shirk·ing, shirks

v.tr.

To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).

v.intr.

To avoid work or duty.

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[Perhaps from German Schurke, scoundrel; akin to Old High German fiurscurgo, demon : fiur, fire + scurigen, to stir up.]

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shirk′er n.

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shirk ²

 (shûrk, shîrk)

n. Islam

The sin of offering worship to idols or to any being other than God.

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[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.]

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shirk•er

(ˈʃɜr kər)

n.

a person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.

[1790–1800]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shirker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) slacker armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" goldbrick - a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" malingerer, shammer, skulker - someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity scrimshanker - a shirker

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Translations

من يَتَهَرَّب من واجِبِه

lenoch

skulker

Drückeberger

tire-au-flanc

kötelességmulasztó

e-r sem vanrækir skyldu sína

scansafatiche

unnalurer

kaytaran kimse

逃避义务者

shirker

[ˈʃɜːkəʳ] N → gandul(a) m/f, flojo/a m/f (LAm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shirker

[ˈʃɜː^rkə^r] n → tire-au-flanc mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shirker

n → Drückeberger(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shirker

[ˈʃɜːkəʳ] n → scansafatiche m/f inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shirk

(ʃəːk) verb

to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to). She shirked telling him the bad news that night. vermy يَتَهَرَّب، يَتَمَلَّص клинча esquivar-se vyhnout se sich drücken vor unddrage sig αποφεύγω να κάνω κτ., δεν αναλαμβάνω τις ευθύνες μου esquivar kõrvale hiilima از زير كار دررفتن vältellä se dérober à לְהִשתַמֵט से जी चुराना, से भाग जाना izbjegavati dužnost, zabušavati kitér (vmi elől) mengelak koma sér undan evitare 避ける 회피하다 išsisukinėti, vengti izvairīties; novelt (atbildību) mengelak daripada membuat sesuatu zich drukkenunndra seg, omgå, løpe fra ansvaret wymigiwać się od ځان كښل، ډډه كول، اوږه كښل، غاړه غړول، (لكه كاره څخه esquivar-se a evita, a se eschiva de la уклоняться, увиливать vyhnúť sa izogibati se zabušavati undvika, dra sig för หลีกเลี่ยง kaçmak, kaytarmak 逃避(義務、責任) викручуватися; ухилятися від بچنا، احتراز کرنا chuồn, lẩn 逃避（责任、义务）

ˈshirker noun

vermyer من يَتَهَرَّب من واجِبِه кръшкач mandrião lenoch der/die Drückeberger(in) skulker λουφαδόρος gandul, flojo viilija اجتناب lintsari tire-au-flancמשתמט कामचोर, कर्तव्य-त्यागी zabušant kötelességmulasztó jawab e-r sem vanrækir skyldu sína lavativo なまけ者 기피자 išsisukinėtojas izvairīgs cilvēks orang yang suka curi tulang drukkerunnalurer, skulker krętacz ډډه mandrião leneş, chiulangiu лодырь leňoch zmuzne zabušant smitare, skolkare ผู้หลีกเลี่ยง kaytaran kimse 沒有擔當的人 людина, яка ухиляється від کام چور یا فراری آدمی người trốn việc 逃避义务者

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