shirk

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.]

shirk

(ʃɜːk)

vb

to avoid discharging (work, a duty, etc); evade

n

a person who shirks

[C17: probably from German Schurke rogue; see shark²]

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shirk

(ʃɪːk)

n

(Islam) Islam

a. the fundamental sin of regarding anything as equal to Allah

b. any belief that is considered to be in opposition to Allah and Islam

[from Arabic: association]

shirk

(ʃɜrk)

v.t.

1. to evade (work, duty, etc.).

v.i.

2. to evade work, duty, etc.

n.

3. a shirker.

[1625–35; obscurely akin to shark²]

shirk

Past participle: shirked
Gerund: shirking

Imperative

shirk

shirk

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	shirk - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" fiddle, shrink from, goldbrick avoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories" scrimshank - British military language: avoid work malinger, skulk - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill slack - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
	2.	shirk - avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties" avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"

shirk

verb

1. dodge, avoid, evade, get out of, duck (out of) (informal), shun, sidestep, body-swerve (Scot.), bob off (Brit. slang), scrimshank (Brit. military slang) We will not shirk the task of considering the need for further action.

2. skive (Brit. slang), slack, idle, malinger, swing the lead, gold-brick (U.S. slang), bob off (Brit. slang), bludge (Austral. & N.Z. informal), scrimshank (Brit. military slang) He was sacked for shirking.

shirk

verb

1. To avoid the fulfillment of:

disregard, neglect, slack.

Idiom: let slide.

2. To pass time without working or in avoiding work:

bum (around), idle, laze, loaf, loiter, lounge.

Slang: diddle, goldbrick, goof (off).

Translations

يَتَهَرَّب، يَتَمَلَّص

vyhnout se

unddrage sig

kneifensich drücken vor

éviterparer

koma sér undan

tirarsi indietro

išsisukinėtojas

izvairītiesnovelt

løpe fra ansvaret

kaçmakkaytarmak

逃避

shirk

[ʃɜːk]

A. VT [+ duty] → esquivar, zafarse de

B. VI → gandulear

shirk

[ˈʃɜː^rk]

vt [+ duty, responsibility] → se dérober à

vi (= avoid work) → tirer au flanc
to shirk from sth
He will not shirk from his responsibilities → Il ne se dérobera pas à ses responsabilités.

shirk

vt → sich drücken vor (+dat), → ausweichen (+dat)

vi → sich drücken; you’re shirking! → du willst dich drücken!

shirk

[ʃɜːk]

1. vt (duty) → sottrarsi a, sfuggire a; (issue) → ignorare; (work) → scansare
to shirk doing sth → evitare di fare qc

2. vi → fare lo/a scansafatiche

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