shirk.
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
Meaning & usage
To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
If you have a job, don't shirk from it by staying off work.
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
Where this word comes from
First use appears c. 1633, in the publications of Shackerley Marmion, apparently from association with shark (verb), or otherwise directly from German Schurke (“rogue, knave”).
One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.
Where this word comes from
First use appears c. 1633, in the publications of Shackerley Marmion, apparently from association with shark (verb), or otherwise directly from German Schurke (“rogue, knave”).
The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Arabic شِرْك (širk).
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