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Definitions of shirk
  1. verb
    avoid (one's assigned duties)
    "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
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  2. verb
    avoid dealing with
    "She shirks her duties"
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Definition that contains shirk
  • slacker a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
  • truant someone who shirks duty
  • malingerer someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
  • shirker a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
  • skulker someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
  • nonattender someone who shirks duty
  • scrimshanker a shirker
  • no-show someone who shirks duty
  • shammer someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
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