Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
- 2transitive verb
To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
- 3intransitive verb
To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
- 4intransitive verb
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
- 5noun
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
- 6verb
avoid dealing with
"She shirks her duties"
- 7verb
avoid (one's assigned duties)
"The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
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