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- Dictionaryshirk/ʃəːk/
verb
- 1. avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility): "I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter" Similar
noun
- 1. a person who shirks. archaic
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Shirk means to avoid work or a duty, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and usage of shirk with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
The meaning of SHIRK is to go stealthily : sneak. How to use shirk in a sentence.
Shirk definition: to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).. See examples of SHIRK used in a sentence.
Shirk means to avoid work or a duty, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and see synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
To shirk your responsibilities is to avoid dealing with them — like when you watch four consecutive hours of infomercials instead of facing your homework. A verb is an action word, so it's ironic that the verb shirk suggests inaction in the avoidance of work.
Shirk means to avoid or evade doing something that one should do, or a person who does so. It also has a different meaning in Islam, where it refers to the sin of regarding anything as equal to God.
Shirk means to avoid doing something you should do, especially because you are too lazy. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with synonyms and collocations, from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
