shirking

Meaning of shirking

verb
  1. To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
  2. 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.
  3. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

noun

The act of one who shirks.

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Hyphenation of shirking

shirk-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • shirking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

shirking synonyms

Meaning slacking:

slacking, soldiering, goldbricking

Anagrams of shirking

shriking

Words that rhyme with shirking

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