The meaning of Shirking

Shirking – definition

verb
Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
Usage examples:
I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter
Synonims:
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

noun
A person who shirks.
Usage examples:
His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.

Shirking translation into English

Shirking: translate from English into Chinese

偷懒, 推脱, 推卸, 逃避, 诿, 推, 贷, 辞, 逃

Shirking: translate from English into Dutch

Onttrekken, Spijbelen, Zich onttrekken aan, Opzien tegen, Lijntrekken, Ontwijken, Ontduiken, Verzuimen

Shirking: translate from English into French

Se dérober, Esquiver, Éluder, Escamoter, Ne pas faire, Éviter de faire

Shirking: translate from English into German

Ausweichen, Sich drücken, Sich drücken vor

Shirking: translate from English into Hindi

शिर्किंग, भागना, बचना, बाज़ रहना, दौड़ जाना

Shirking: translate from English into Italian

Sottrarsi, Evitare, Sfuggire, Sottrarre, Schivare, Imboscare

Shirking: translate from English into Korean

회피, 회피하다, 책임을 회피하다

Shirking: translate from English into Russian

Отлынивание, Уклоняться, Увиливать, Саботировать, Увиливать от работы

Shirking: translate from English into Spanish

Eludiendo, Eludir, Rehuir, Evitar, Escurrir el bulto, Hacer el vago, Fumarse, Esquivarse, Escamotear, No cumplir con el deber

Word origin

mid 17th century (in the sense ‘practise fraud or trickery’): from obsolete shirk ‘sponger’, perhaps from German Schurke ‘scoundrel’.

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Shirking – similar words

shirked

verb
Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
Usage examples:
I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter

noun
A person who shirks.
Usage examples:
His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.

verb
Past simple and past participle of shirk
Usage examples:
If you shirk your responsibilities/duties now, the situation will be much harder to deal with next …

All meanings and translations of Shirked

shirk

verb
Avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility).
Usage examples:
I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter

noun
A person who shirks.
Usage examples:
His status as a shirk would normally render him somewhat of a pariah.

All meanings and translations of Shirk

Shirking synonims

avoid

verb
Keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something).
Usage examples:
Avoid excessive exposure to the sun

All meanings and translations of Avoid

dodge

verb
Avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.
Usage examples:
Marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists

noun
A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.
Usage examples:
A guard shot at me but with a quick dodge from my new agility i managed to avoid at it.

verb
A quick evasive movement

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evade

verb
Escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.
Usage examples:
Friends helped him to evade capture for a time

verb
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing

verb
To avoid something unpleasant or unwanted, or to manage not to do (something that should be done)
Usage examples:
She’s trying to evade my questions., he was convicted of evading taxes.

All meanings and translations of Evade

miss

verb
Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).
Usage examples:
A laser-guided bomb had missed its target

noun
A failure to hit, catch, or reach something.
Usage examples:
The penalty miss cost us the game

noun
A title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl, or to that of a married woman retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.
Usage examples:
Miss hazel armstrong

All meanings and translations of Miss

neglect

verb
Fail to care for properly.
Usage examples:
The old churchyard has been sadly neglected

noun
The state of being uncared for.
Usage examples:
The place had a hopeless air of neglect

All meanings and translations of Neglect

shun

verb
Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.
Usage examples:
He shunned fashionable society

verb
Avoid and stay away from deliberately

verb
To avoid or refuse to accept someone or something
Usage examples:
She shunned publicity after she retired from the stage.

All meanings and translations of Shun

sidestep

verb
Avoid (someone or something) by stepping sideways.
Usage examples:
He sidestepped a defender and crossed the ball

noun
A step taken sideways, typically to avoid someone or something.
Usage examples:
A boxercise workout that incorporates an intricate combination of sidesteps with left and right hooks

verb
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing

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skip

verb
Move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.
Usage examples:
She began to skip down the path

noun
A light, bouncing step; a skipping movement.
Usage examples:
He moved with a strange, dancing skip

noun
A large transportable open-topped container for building and other refuse.
Usage examples:
I've salvaged a carpet from a skip

All meanings and translations of Skip

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