Shirk

What do we mean by shirk?

To avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility). intransitive verb

To avoid work or duty. intransitive verb

To practise mean or artful tricks; live by one's wits; shark.

To avoid unfairly or meanly the performance of some labor or duty.

To procure by mean tricks; shark.

To avoid or get off from unfairly or meanly; slink away from: as, to shirk responsibility.

One who lives by shifts or tricks. See shark. noun

One who seeks to avoid duty. noun

To live by shifts and fraud; to shark. intransitive verb

To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. intransitive verb

One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor. noun

To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. transitive verb

To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud. transitive verb

The unforgivable sin of idolatry noun

To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. verb

One who shirks noun

Avoid (one's assigned duties) verb

Avoid dealing with verb

One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.

Words that are spelled similarly to shirk:
shirk, shark, smirk, shirt, shire, shirr, chirk, stirk, shir, shirl, shiek, shick, shiro, shira, sirk, shik, shiri, sherk, shurk.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shirk:
polytheism, cowman, irk, deification, idolatry, guano, allah, hadith, quran, ranch, sin, forgive, oklahoma, isbn, islam, responsibilities, sunni, shia, committing, muhammad, ibn, companions, norman, worship, responsibility, forbidden, god, duty, islamic, hidden, runner, graves, believing, probability, willing, indianapolis, franklin, lesser, businessman, saudi, belief, verse, anyone, anything, enemies, muslim, surname, names, scholar, arabic, bid, categories, believe, seeking, indeed, indiana, fired, press, partners, duties, truth, jesus, visual, scholars, escape, refers, oregon, caught, practice, practices, diego, george, historic, equal.

Words that rhyme with shirk:
work, network, jerk, framework, perk, clerk, smirk, quirk, lurk, berserk, artwork, teamwork, irk, homework, groundwork, dirk, erk, turk, murk, paperwork, burke, patchwork, woodwork, guesswork, cirque, kirk, clockwork, merc, berk, rework, fieldwork, handiwork, housework, legwork, burk, overwork, schoolwork, firework, merk, casework, earthwork, needlework, birk, footwork, piecework, werk, metalwork, ataturk, masterwork, perc, latticework, beadwork, murch, out of work, spadework, merck, brushwork, klerk, at work, young turk, roadwork, openwork, bank clerk, wide area network, knee jerk, body of work, werke, lerch, social work, piece of work, computer network, communications network, field work, local area network, plasterwork, clean and jerk, clerc, line of work, quirke, soda jerk, room clerk, bourke, waterwork, kurk, desk clerk, file clerk, derk, leclerc, undercover work, detective work, reference work, booking clerk, hotel clerk, sirk, town clerk, bjerke, grand turk, mcgurk, berke, turck.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shirk:
lazy, nosed, major, incorrigible, indolent, absolute, minor, hidden, great, regular, rich.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shirk:
duty, work.

Consonant match to shirk:
shake, shock, chic, shack, shuck, shook, sheik, sheikh, schick, shaq, shaykh, schoch, shek, shaikh, shick, schuch, shaik, sheikhdom, schock, schalk, sheck, schuck, scheck, schook, schack, sherk, schoeck, schaack, schake, shaak, sheek, szczech, szoke.

Words that sound like shirk:
shirk, sherk, src, srk, srg, jerk, chirk, gerke, jrk, jrc, shook, schook, shock, shark, shack, chic, shriek, shrew, shrek, shaq, shuck, sher, sheik, shreck, shir, shak, schock, sre, sheikh, sri, shick, shiek, shrike, shri, shok, shirker, shur, shek, sheree, schick, shirked, sra, shree, shoc, chak, sheck, shirr, shr, hsc, shuk, schuck, sraw, schack, srock, scher, schoch, shirks, schrock, shru, shac, shic, schok, schreck, shaak, scheck, sro, schalk, srx, shike, schurr, schuch, schur, shra, shk, schach, choque, shro, shirky, shq, sru, schrei, srch, chq, hsr, shc, sharc, ark, arc, cirque, circ, lerch, jurk, herc, herk, arq, cirk, hrc, jurg, arcc, cerc.