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Definition of Shirks

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 Shirks 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...
- Shirk (Arabic: شِرْك, lit. '****ociation') in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning '****ociation...
- Shirkers is a 2018 British-American do****entary film by Singapore-born filmmaker Sandi Tan about the making of an independent thriller featuring a teenage...
- Amos Urban Shirk (c. 1890 – October 20, 1956) was an American businessman, author and reader of encyclopedias. As a businessman he worked in the food...
- February 16, 2014. Brady, Shirley (September 7, 2010). "Campbell's Soup Shirks Canned Cool for Wholesome Warmth". Brandchannel. Archived from the original...
- of the Apes – Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, and Rodney Burke WickedPablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk, and Paul Corbould...
- Dave Shirk is an American visual effects supervisor. Shirk and his fellow visual effects artists are won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for...
- According to the Jacksonville Daily Record, Shirks' implementation of videoconferencing saved about $120,000. Shirk fired ten lawyers in the office, including...
- Yazata were often framed as "angels" to counter accusation of polytheism (shirk). According to the Avesta The Yazata ****ist Ahura Mazda in his battle against...
- Shirk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amos Urban Shirk (c. 1890 – 1956), American businessman Bill Shirk (born 1945), American...