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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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to avoid work, duties, or responsibilities, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant: If you shirk your responsibilities / duties now, the situation will be much harder to deal with next month. I will not shirk from my obligations. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to avoid doing something.
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.
to avoid work, duties, or responsibilities, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant: If you shirk your responsibilities / duties now, the situation will be much harder to deal with next month. I will not shirk from my obligations. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to avoid doing something.
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.
If someone does not shirk their responsibility or duty, they do what they have a responsibility to do. We in the Congress can't shirk our responsibility. [ VERB noun ]
Shirk, in Islam, idolatry, polytheism, and the association of God with other deities. In the dogmatic development of Islam, it came to be used as the opposite of tawhid (belief in the oneness of God) and to refer to a variety of prohibited beliefs and practices.
Define shirk. shirk synonyms, shirk pronunciation, shirk translation, English dictionary definition of shirk. v. shirked , shirk·ing , shirks v. tr. To avoid or neglect . v. intr. To avoid work or duty. shirk′er n. n. Islam The sin of offering worship to idols or to...
Definition of shirk verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to avoid doing something because it is difficult or unpleasant: to shirk your duties / responsibilities. (Definition of shirk from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of shirk. in Chinese (Traditional) 逃避, 規避（尤指困難或令人不快的工作、責任等）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 逃避（尤指困难或令人不快的工作、责任等）… See more. in Spanish.
