Shirk

·vi To live by shifts and fraud; to Shark.

II. Shirk ·vt To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

III. Shirk ·vi To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

IV. Shirk ·noun One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

V. Shirk ·vt To Avoid; to Escape; to Neglect;

— implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.