shirk
verb
[ ʃəːk ]
• avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
• "I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter"
Similar:
evade,
dodge,
avoid,
get out of,
sidestep,
shuffle off,
run away from,
shrink from,
shun,
slide out of,
play truant from,
skip,
miss,
not attend,
neglect,
let slide,
not attend to,
pay little/no attention to,
be remiss about,
be lax about,
leave undone,
lose sight of,
skimp on,
duck,
duck out of,
cop out of,
skive off,
funk,
cut,
duck-shove,
evade one's duty,
be remiss,
be negligent,
skulk,
play truant,
malinger,
skive (off),
wag,
dodge the column,
swing the lead,
scrimshank,
slack,
goof off,
goldbrick,
play hooky,
bludge,
play the wag,
shirk
noun
• a person who shirks.
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘practise fraud or trickery’): from obsolete shirk ‘sponger’, perhaps from German Schurke ‘scoundrel’.
