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Definition of Shirk

Shirk
Shirk Shirk, v. i. 1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark. 2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. One of the cities shirked from the league. --Byron.
Shirk
Shirk Shirk, n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Shirk
Shirk Shirk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.] 1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. --Bp. Rainbow. 2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties. --Hare.

Meaning of Shirk from wikipedia

- Look up shirk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shirk may refer to: Shirk (surname) Shirk (Islam), in Islam, the sin of idolatry or worshiping beings...
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- Matthew Aaron Shirk (born July 9, 1973) is an American lawyer and served as the public defender for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit. He was elected...
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- Bill Shirk (born May 3, 1945 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American escape artist, radio personality, broadcast entrepreneur and actor. Shirk graduated...
- Shirk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amos Urban Shirk (c. 1890 – 1956), American businessman Bill Shirk (born 1945), American...
- USS Shirk (DD-318) was a Clemson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1919 to 1930. She was s****ped in 1931. James W. Shirk was...
- addition of men's and women's lacrosse in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Shirk Center is the university's athletic complex. The two-story 135,000-square-foot...
- template Infobox NFL biography is being considered for merging. › Gary Lee Shirk (born February 23, 1950) is a former professional American football tight...