shirker


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shirk 1

 (shûrk)
v. shirked, shirk·ing, shirks
v.tr.
To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
v.intr.
To avoid work or duty.
[Perhaps from German Schurke, scoundrel; akin to Old High German fiurscurgo, demon : fiur, fire + scurigen, to stir up.]
shirk′er n.

shirk 2

 (shûrk, shîrk)
n. Islam
The sin of offering worship to idols or to any being other than God.
[Arabic širk, association (of an idol) as a partner to God, sharing (of an idol) in the worship due to God alone, shirk, from šarika, to share, associate, be a partner; akin to Akkadian šarāku, to give, bestow and Ugaritic šrk, to associate with.]
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shirk•er

(ˈʃɜr kər)

n.
a person who evades work, duty, responsibility, etc.
[1790–1800]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shirker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)shirker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
slacker
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
goldbrick - a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort
do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
malingerer, shammer, skulker - someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
scrimshanker - a shirker
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
من يَتَهَرَّب من واجِبِه
lenoch
skulker
kötelességmulasztó
e-r sem vanrækir skyldu sína
kaytaran kimse

shirker

[ˈʃɜːkəʳ] N → gandul(a) m/f, flojo/a m/f (LAm)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shirker

[ˈʃɜːrkər] n → tire-au-flanc mf
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shirker

n → Drückeberger(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shirker

[ˈʃɜːkəʳ] n → scansafatiche m/f inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shirk

(ʃəːk) verb
to avoid doing, accepting responsibility for etc (something one ought to). She shirked telling him the bad news that night.
ˈshirker noun
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