The Meaning of shirk

• (v. t.) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
• (v. t.) To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
• (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
• (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
• (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

Synonyms

fiddle , shrink from , goldbrick

Homophones

sherk

Rhymes

artwork , ataturk , beadwork , berch , berk , berke , berserk , birk , bjerke , bourke , brushwork , burck , burk , burke , casework , cirque , clerk , clockwork , declerck , declercq , declerk , declerque , deklerk , derk , dirk , earthwork , erck , erk , ferch , fieldwork , firework , footwork , framework , gerk , gerke , groundwork , guesswork , handiwork , herk , homework , housework , irk , jerk , kirch , kirk , klerk , kurk , latticework , leclerc , legwork , lerch , lurk , mcgurk , merc , merck , merk , metalwork , murch , murk , needlework , network , openwork , overwork , paperwork , patchwork , perk , piecework , plasterwork , purk , quirk , quirke , rework , roadwork , schoolwork , sherk , sirk , smirk , spadework , sterk , sturc , teamwork , turk , werk , werke , woodwork , work , yerke , zirk