English > shirk: 2 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | avoid (one's assigned duties). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Example | "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" |
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| Synonyms | fiddle, shrink from, goldbrick |
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| Narrower | malinger, skulk | avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill |
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| scrimshank | (British military language) avoid work |
| slack | avoid responsibilities and work, be idle |
| Broader | avoid | Refrain from doing something |
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| Spanish | correr, eludir, esquivar, evadir |
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| Nouns | shirker | a person who shirks / shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) |
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| shirking | the evasion of work or duty |
