shirk
shirk is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
- 3.To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. One of the cities shirked from the league. Byron.
- 4.One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is shirk.
- What is 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 called?
- What is to evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. One of the cities shirked from the league. Byron called?
- What is one who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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