Shirk — Defs

01 v. t. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking

1.
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
“You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves.” — Bp. Rainbow.
2.
To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
“The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties.” — Hare.

02 v. i. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

1.
To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
2.
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
“One of the cities shirked from the league.” — Byron.

03 n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

1.
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.