HyperDic: shirking

English > 1 sense of the word *shirking*:
NOUN	act	shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking	the evasion of work or duty

shirking > pronunciation
Sounds	sher'kihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *shirking*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The evasion of work or duty.
Synonyms	slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking
Broader	evasion, escape, dodging	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Spanish	escamoteo, escaqueo, gandulería, haraganería, pereza, poltronería, vagancia
Catalan	escamoteig, escaqueig, ganduleria, mandra, vagància
Verbs	shirk	avoid (one's assigned duties)