shirk

shirk is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
2. transitive verb. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
3. intransitive verb. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
4. intransitive verb. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
5. noun. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
6. verb. avoid dealing with

   "She shirks her duties"

7. verb. avoid (one's assigned duties)

   "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

   Synonyms: fiddle, goldbrick

Synonyms

fiddle, goldbrick

Common word forms

shirks, shirked, shirker, shirking

Words from these letters

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